Chelisochidae

Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs[3][4] whose members are commonly known as black earwigs.[5] The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.[6][7]

Chelisochidae
Chelisoches morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Chelisochidae
Verhoeff, 1902
Genera[1][2]

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They are primarily located in the more tropical Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oriental realms, even though some species, such as Chelisoches morio, are cosmopolitan.[7] They are often dark in color, lending to their common name, and can vary in size. They can be easily identified due to a certain characteristic in their tarsi, involving a ventral projection on the second tarsal segment. Like most earwigs, they are omnivores, and their diet consists of the larvae of leaf-mining insects, as well as certain types of vegetation.[7]

Genera

The family contains the following genera:[8]

  • Subfamily Chelisochinae Verhoeff, 1902
    • Adiathella Brindle, 1970
    • Adiathetus Burr, 1907
    • Chelisochella Verhoeff, 1902
    • Chelisoches Scudder, 1876
    • Euenkrates Rehn, 1927
    • Exypnus Burr, 1907
    • Gressitolabis Brindle, 1970
    • Hamaxas Burr, 1907
    • Lamprophorella Mjöberg, 1924
    • Proreus Burr, 1907
    • Schizochelisoches Steinmann, 1987
    • Schizoproreus Steinmann, 1987
    • Solenosoma Burr, 1907
  • Subfamily Genitalatinae Steinmann, 1987
    • Genitalata Kapoor, 1974
  • Subfamily Kinesinae
    • Kinesis Burr, 1907

References
  1. http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm%5B%5D
  2. "ITIS - Report: Chelisochidae".
  3. "Checklist for CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  4. See first entry in external links section for reference.
  5. "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  6. Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 108.
  7. "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  8. Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
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