Results of the zoological scientific expedition of the National Museum in Praha to Turkey. 5. Thysanura. Machilidae and Lepismatidae
Wygodzinsky P.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 26: 377-9, 1952
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Abstract: This paper constitutes a report on the Machilidae and Lepismatidae (Thysanura)
collected in Turkey by Dr. Ludvik Hoberlandt, of the Expedition of the
Czechoslovakian National Museum to that country in 194 7. The following species
were found: Machilidae: Machilinus rupestris (Lucas), Silvestrichilis trispina
(Wygodzinsky), Praemachilinae ?gen. ?sp., Lepismachilis hoberlandti sp. n. and
Lepismachilis handschini sp. n. Lepismatidae: Otenolepisma lineata pilifera
(Lucas) and Allacrotelsa krapelini (EsCHERICH). This is the first time that
representatives of the genus Lepismachilis are being found outside Europe; a key
for the determination of the males of this genus is appended.
Key words: Machilidae, Lepismatidae, Thysanura, Turkey, new species, faunistics, Lepismachilis, key to species,