Are these the world’s most colourful silverfish? Possible mutillid mimics from Western Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae)WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 3 years agoABSTRACT – Citizen scientists in Western Australia photographed silverfish with very striking colour patterns, resembling velvet ants. When collected and placed into alcohol these colour patterns disappear, possibly accounting for the previous lack of observations of such colours in Zygentoma. The specimens were found to belong to the genus Hemitelsella Smith. Two new species are described, H. hortorum sp. nov. and H. mutilloides sp. nov., and molecular data (28S and COI) presented for these as well as H. transpectinata (Smith) from Barrow Island and H. clarksonorum Smith from Tasmania. Author(s) Graeme B. Smith and Andrew Mitchell Volume Records 36 : — Article Published 2021 Page Number 13 DOI 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.36.2021.013-032 Are these the world’s most colourful silverfish? Possible mutillid mimics from Western Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) Download 1.99 MB To request an accessible version of this pdf please email onlineservices@museum.wa.gov.au