Skendylinae

Skendylinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 60 described species in Skendylinae. [1][2]

Skendylinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Skendylinae
Burr, 1907

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Skendylinae:

  • Afrocosmia Hincks, 1960
  • Brachycosmiella Steinmann, 1990
  • Cosmiella Verhoeff, 1902
  • Cosmiola Bey-Bienko, 1959
  • Forcepsia Moreira, 1930
  • Kleter Burr, 1907
  • Liparura Burr, 1907
  • Lipodes Burr, 1907
  • Mixocosmia Borelli, 1909
  • Neocosmiella Hebard, 1919
  • Obelura Burr, 1907
  • Paracosmiella Steinmann, 1990

References
  1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Skendylinae Burr, 1907". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History (3567): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5858. S2CID 85642033.

Further reading
  • Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 85718043.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.


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