Chelisochidae
| Chelisochidae | |
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| Chelisoches morio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
| Infraorder: | Epidermaptera
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| Superfamily: | Forficuloidea
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| Family: | Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902 |
| Genera[1][2] | |
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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]
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
- ^ http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Chelisochidae".
- ^ "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.
- ^ See first entry in external links section for reference.
- ^ "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ^ Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 108.
- ^ a b c "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
- ^ Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
External links
- The Earwig Research Centre's Chelisochidae database Source for references: type Chelisochidae in the "family" field and click "search".
- Australian Faunal Directory: Chelisochidae
- An image of the family.