New records of Ctenolepismacalvum (Ritter,1910) (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae) from Japan

Megumi Shimada; Hiroki Watanabe; Yukio Komine; Rika Kigawa; Yoshinori Sato

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e90799

New records of Ctenolepismacalvum (Ritter,1910) (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae) from Japan

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Nov 3:10:e90799. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e90799. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Megumi Shimada¹, Hiroki Watanabe², Yukio Komine³, Rika Kigawa², Yoshinori Sato¹

Affiliations

¹ Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo Japan.
² Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Kyushu National Museum Fukuoka Japan.
³ Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan Nara National Museum Nara Japan.

Abstract

Background: Silverfish are known as one of the major pests which feed on paper and starch-based materials and can cause serious problems in museums, libraries and archives.Ctenolepismacalvum (Ritter, 1910) was first recorded from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and has also been known from Central American countries including Guyana and Cuba. Recently, its rapid spread to European countries, including Austria, Czech, Germany and Norway, has been reported. In addition, there are unverified records of C.calvum from 17 more countries in the on-line citizen-science platforms iNaturalist.

New information: We report C.calvum in Japan for the first time, from Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Nagasaki Prefectures. The specimens in Japan were observed in detail by stereomicroscope, optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. The occurrence of this species is a serious problem from the viewpoint of protection of cultural properties. We also registered their mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene in EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ.

Keywords: COI; Ctenolepismacalvum; EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ; Japan; Lepismatidae; biological invasion; household pests; museum pests.

Megumi Shimada, Hiroki Watanabe, Yukio Komine, Rika Kigawa, Yoshinori Sato.