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Aptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

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In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". Wingless arthropods were brought together under the name Aptera.

Lepisma (silverfish)

Podura (springtails)

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Allacma fusca was named Podura fusca in 1758.
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Termes (termites and Psocoptera)

Pediculus (lice)

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The head louse was named Pediculus humanus in 1758.
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The fly Lipoptena cervi was classified among the lice as Pediculus cervi by Linnaeus.
  • Pediculus humanushead louse[15][16]
  • Pediculus pubiscrab louse[15][17]
  • Pediculus ricinoides
  • Pediculus vespertilionis – [suppressed][18]
  • Pediculus suisHaematopinus suis[15][19]
  • Pediculus porcelli – [nomen nudum][20]
  • Pediculus cameliMicrothoracius cameli[21]
  • Pediculus cerviLipoptena cervi[22]
  • Pediculus ovis – [nomen nudum][23]
  • Pediculus bovisBovicola bovis[15]
  • Pediculus vituliLinognathus vituli[15]
  • Pediculus equi – [nomen nudum][24]
  • Pediculus asiniHaematopinus asini[15]
  • Pediculus tinnunculiLaemobothrion tinnunculi[25]
  • Pediculus corviPhilopterus corvi[25]
  • Pediculus infausti
  • Pediculus picaeMyrsidea picae[26]
  • Pediculus cygniOrnithobius cygni[27]
  • Pediculus anserisAnaticola anseris[27]
  • Pediculus moschataeAcidoproctus moschatae[27]
  • Pediculus querquedulaeTrinoton querquedulae[26]
  • Pediculus sternaeSaemundssonia sternae[28]
  • Pediculus plataleaeArdeicola plataleae[29]
  • Pediculus ardeaeArdeicola ardeae[27]
  • Pediculus gruisEsthiopterum gruis[27]
  • Pediculus ciconiaeArdeicola ciconiae[27]
  • Pediculus charadriiQuadraceps charadrii[27]
  • Pediculus fulicaeIncidifrons fulicae[27]
  • Pediculus recurvirostraeCirrophthirius recurvirostrae[27]
  • Pediculus haematopiSaemundssonia haematopi[27]
  • Pediculus pavonisGoniodes pavonis[27]
  • Pediculus meleagridisChelopistes meleagridis[27]
  • Pediculus gallinaeMenopon gallinae
  • Pediculus caponisLipeurus caponis[27]
  • Pediculus tetraonisGoniodes tetraonis[27]
  • Pediculus lagopiGoniodes lagopi[27]
  • Pediculus columbaeColumbicola columbae[27]
  • Pediculus pari
  • Pediculus apis
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Pulex (fleas)

Acarus (mites & ticks)

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The castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus, was named Acarus ricinus in 1758.
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The velvet mite Trombidium holosericeum was named Acarus holosericeus in 1758.
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The pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides was named Acarus cancroides in 1758.
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Phalangium (harvestmen, Amblypygi, Uropygi)

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Phalangium opilio was named in 1758.

Aranea (spiders)

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Araniella cucurbitina was named Aranea cucurbitina by Linnaeus.
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The zebra spider was named Aranea scenica by Linnaeus.
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Scorpio (scorpions)

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Scorpio maurus was described by Linnaeus in 1758. Most of the other scorpion names he coined are no longer in use.

Cancer (crabs, lobsters & kin)

Brachyuri (crabs)

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The "edible crab", Cancer pagurus, is the only one of Linnaeus' species to remain in the genus Cancer.
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Lithodes maja (named Cancer maja in 1758) on top of Hyas araneus (named Cancer araneus in 1758).
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Grapsus grapsus ("Sally Lightfoot") was named Cancer grapsus in 1758.

Macrouri

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Nephrops norvegicus was named Cancer norvegicus in 1758.
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The peacock mantis shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, was named Cancer scyllarus in 1758.
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Monoculus (branchiopods & kin)

[Note 2]

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Daphnia pulex was named Monoculus pulex in 1758.
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Oniscus (woodlice)

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Oniscus asellus was named in 1758.

Scolopendra (centipedes)

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Scutigera coleoptrata was named Scolopendra coleoptrata in 1758.

Julus (millipedes)

Notes

  1. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon indicates Cancer pennaceus as a synonym of Palaemon locusta Fabricius,[64] which is now known as Leander tenuicornis.[65]
  2. The generic name Monoculus was suppressed in Opinion 288 of the ICZN in 1954.[72]

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