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Neodermaptera
Neodermaptera, sometimes called Catadermaptera,BioLib.cz suborder Catadermaptera Steinmann, 1986 (retrieved 16 September 2022) is a suborder of earwigs in the order . There are more than 2,000 described species in Neodermaptera. The former suborders Forficulina, Hemimerina, and Arixeniina have been reduced in rank to family and placed into the new suborder Neodermaptera. Neodermaptera now contains all the extant species of Dermaptera, while the extinct species make up the suborders and |
Dermaptera
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings". Some groups are tiny parasites on mammals and lack the typical pincers. Earwigs are found on all continents except Antarctica. Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants. Damage to foliage, flowers, and various crops is commonly blamed on earwigs, especially the common earwig '' Forficula auricularia.'' Earwigs have five molts in the year before they become adults. Many earwig species display maternal care, which is uncommon among insects. Female earwigs may care for their eggs, and even after they have hatched as nymphs will continue t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earwigs
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings". Some groups are tiny parasites on mammals and lack the typical pincers. Earwigs are found on all continents except Antarctica. Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants. Damage to foliage, flowers, and various crops is commonly blamed on earwigs, especially the common earwig '' Forficula auricularia.'' Earwigs have five molts in the year before they become adults. Many earwig species display maternal care, which is uncommon among insects. Female earwigs may care for their eggs, and even after they have hatched as nymphs will conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygidicranidae
Pygidicranidae is a family of earwigs, formerly placed in the suborder Forficulina, now in the suborder Neodermaptera. The family currently contains twelve subfamilies and twenty six genera. Eight of the subfamilies are monotypic, each containing a single genus. Of the subfamilies, both Astreptolabidinae and Burmapygiinae are extinct and known solely from fossils found in Burmese amber. Similarly ''Archaeosoma'', ''Gallinympha'', and ''Geosoma'', which have not been placed into any of the subfamilies, are also known only from fossils. Living members of the family are found in Australia, South Africa,A Dictionary of Entomology accesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplatyidae
Diplatyidae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. It contains three subfamilies,The Taxonomicon: Family Diplatyidae Accessed 2009-06-26. and four genera '''', one modern and three extinct known from fossils. Taxonomy Subfamilies and genera as listed at the Dermaptera species file:The Dermaptera Species file Diplatyidae entryaccessed 16 Sept 2022 ;subfamily Cylindrogastrinae Maccagno, 1929 # '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemimeridae
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. Hemimeridae is represented by two genera, ''Hemimerus'' and '' Araeomerus''. They are wingless, blind and viviparous ectoparasites of African rodents, and have filiform segmented cerci. The best known species is ''Hemimerus bouvieri''. Hemimeridae contains eleven described species placed within two genera: ''Hemimerus'' and ''Araeomerus'' (Nakata and Maa, 1974). Hemimerids are relatively small (5–15 mm) and inhabit the fur of giant nesomyid rats in Africa. Hemimerids have short, broad legs with grooves that allow them to cling to the host and specialized mouthparts for scraping dead skin and fungus from their host (Nakata and Maa, 1974). ''Araeomerus'' is found in the nest of long-tailed pouch rats (''Beamys'') and ''Hemimerus'' is found on giant ('' Cricetomys'') rats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arixeniidae
Arixeniidae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. Arixeniidae was formerly considered a suborder, Arixeniina, but was reduced in rank to family and included in the new suborder Neodermaptera. Arixeniidae is represented by two genera, '' Arixenia'' and '' Xeniaria'', with a total of five species. '' Arixenia esau'' and '' Xeniaria jacobsoni'' are the most well-known. As with Hemimerina, they are blind, wingless ectoparasites with filiform segmented cerci. They are ectoparasites of various Southeast Asian bats, particularly of the genus ''Cheiromeles ''Cheiromeles'' is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae, the free-tailed bats. The genus was erected and described by Thomas Horsfield, who developed the name from the Greek word ''cheir'' ("hand"), a reference to the hand-like hindfoot, wh ...'' (i.e., "naked bulldog bats"). Genera The family includes the following genera: * '' Arixenia'' Jordan, 1909 * '' Xeniaria'' Maa, 1974 References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forficulidae
Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and ''Apterygida media'' (the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig). Forficulidae was formerly considered a suborder of Dermaptera, Forficulina, but was reduced in rank to family and placed in suborder Neodermaptera. Genera These 71 genera belong to the family Forficulidae: * ''Acanthocordax'' Günther, 1929 * ''Afrocosmia'' Walter Douglas Hincks, Hincks, 1960 * ''Afroforficula'' Steinmann, 1990 * ''Allodahlia'' Verhoeff, 1902 * ''Ancistrogaster'' Stal, 1855 * ''Anechura'' Scudder, 1876 * ''Apterygida'' Westwood, 1840 * ''Arthroedetus'' Caudell, 1907 * ''Brachycosmiella'' Steinmann, 1990 * ''Brindleiana'' Steinmann, 1975 * ''Chaetocosmia'' Nishikawa, 1973 * ''Chamaipites'' Malcolm Burr, Burr, 1907 * ''Chelidura'' Latreille, 1825 * ''Cipex'' Burr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spongiphoridae
Spongiphoridae is a family of little earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. There are more than 40 genera and 510 described species in Spongiphoridae. Genera These 43 genera belong to the family Spongiphoridae: * '' Auchenomus'' Karsch, 1886 * '' Barygerax'' Hebard, 1917 * '' Caecolabia'' Brindle, 1975 * '' Chaetolabia'' Brindle, 1972 * '' Chaetospania'' Karsch, 1886 * '' Circolabia'' Steinmann, 1987 * '' Cosmogerax'' Hebard, 1933 * '' Eugerax'' Hebard, 1917 * '' Filolabia'' Steinmann, 1989 * '' Formicilabia'' Rehn & Hebard, 1917 * '' Gerax'' Hebard, 1917 * '' Homotages'' Burr, 1909 * ''Irdex'' Burr, 1911 * '' Isolabella'' Verhoeff, 1902 * '' Isolaboides'' Hincks, 1958 * '' Isopyge'' Borelli, 1931 * ''Labia'' Leach, 1815 * '' Marava'' Burr, 1911 * '' Mecomera'' Audinet-Serville, 1838 * ''Nesogaster'' Verhoeff, 1902 * '' Nesolabia'' Hincks, 1957 * '' Paralabella'' Steinmann, 1990 * '' Paralaboides'' Steinmann, 1989 * '' Parapericomus'' Ramamurthi, 1967 * '' Paraspania'' Steinman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eodermaptera
Eodermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs known from the Middle Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous. Defining characteristics include " tarsi three-segmented, tegmina retain venation, 8th and 9th abdominal tergite in females are narrowed, but separate from 10th tergite and not covered by 7th tergite and exposed ovipositor" They are considered to be more closely related to Neodermaptera than the more basal Archidermaptera. Systematics * Family Bellodermatidae Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010 ** †'' Belloderma'' Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian) * †'' Archaeosoma'' Zhang 1994 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ag ...) * Superfamily Semenovioloidea Vishnyakova 1980 ** Family Turanodermatidae Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelisochidae
Chelisochidae is a family of earwigsSee first entry in external links section for reference. whose members are commonly known as black earwigs. The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies. They are primarily located in the more tropical Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oriental realms, even though some species, such as ''Chelisoches morio,'' are cosmopolitan. 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. Genera The family contains the following genera: * Subfamily Chelisochinae Verhoeff, 1902 ** '' Adiathella'' Brindle, 1970 ** '' Adiathetus'' Burr, 1907 ** '' Chelisochella'' Verhoeff, 1902 ** ''Chelisoche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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