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

• Veröffentlicht in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Datum: 2026
• Jahrgang: 60
• Heft: 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
• 1. Verfasser: Matushkina, N.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2026
• Online Zugang: 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...