Hemimeridae
Hemimeridae | |
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Hemimerus hanseni from the Manual of Entomology. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
Infraorder: | Epidermaptera
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Superfamily: | Hemimeroidea Sharp, 1895 |
Family: | Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895 |
Hemimeridae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. Hemimeridae was formerly considered a suborder, Hemimerina, but was reduced in rank to family and included in the new suborder Neodermaptera.[1][2]
Hemimeridae is represented by two genera,
Genera
The family contains the following genera:[5]
- Araeomerus Maa, 1974
- Hemimerus Walker, 1871
References
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Engel, Michael S. (2003). "The earwigs of Kansas, with a key to genera north of Mexico (Insecta: Dermaptera)". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 106 (3): 115–123. JSTOR 3628391.
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Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates (3567). American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/5858.
- ^ "Family Hemimeridae - Hierarchy - the Taxonomicon".
- ^ Nakata, S (1974). "A review of the parasitic earwigs (Dermpatera, Arixeniina; Hemimerina". Pacific Insects. 16 (16): 307–374.
- ^ Lesley, S.D. (2018). "family Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.