The sclerite composition of the female genitalic region in an enigmatic silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Insecta, Zygentoma)

• Опубліковано в: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Дата: 2026
• Том: 60
• Випуск: 4
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Автори та афіліації: N. Matushkina — Department of Ecology and Zoology, Institute of Biology and Medicine, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
• Автор: Matushkina, N.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: Англійська
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2026
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/875
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

Tricholepidion gertschi (Lepidotrichidae) has an unresolved phylogenetic position, being placed as sister group to Dicondylia (Zygentoma + Pterygota) or within Zygentoma, making it the only insect species whose ordinal status remains uncertain. In this work, the sclerite composition of the femal...