Labiduridae, whose members are known commonly as striped earwigs,
is a relatively large family of
earwigs in the suborder
Forficulina.
[See first entry in external links section for reference.]
Taxonomy
The family contains a total of approximately 72 species, spread across seven genera in three subfamilies.
Some well-known members of the family include ''
Labidura riparia'', commonly known as the tawny earwig, and ''
Gonolabidura meteor''. The family is mostly
cosmopolitan, so it can be found around the world.
At least two species have been described from middle Cretaceous aged Burmese amber, ''
Myrrholabia'' and ''
Zigrasolabis''.
Description
The family's members are moderate to large earwigs, and are
cylindrical
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
A cylinder may also be defined as an infini ...
ly shaped with well-developed wings. They have especially long
antennae, while some segments can be shorter, and large
cerci.
Genera
The family contains the following genera:
* Subfamily
Allostethinae Verhoeff, 1904
** ''
Allostethella''
Zacher, 1910
** ''
Allostethus''
Verhoeff, 1904
** ''
Gonolabidura''
Zacher, 1910
** ''
Protolabidura''
Steinmann, 1985
* Subfamily
Labidurinae Verhoeff, 1902
** ''
Forcipula''
Bolivar, 1897
** ''
Labidura''
Leach, 1815
** ''
Tomopygia''
Burr, 1904
** †''
Myrrholabia''
Engel & Grimaldi, 2004 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
** †''
Zigrasolabis''
Engel and Grimaldi 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
**
* Subfamily
Nalinae Steinmann, 1975
** ''
Nala
Nala (Sanskrit: नल) is a character in the ''Vana Parva'' book of the ''Mahabharata''. He was the king of Nishadha Kingdom and the son of Veerasena. Nala was known for his skill with horses and for his culinary expertise. He married prince ...
''
Zacher, 1910
* ''
Incertae sedis''
** †''
Caririlabia''
Martins-Neto, 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
** †''
Labiduromma'' Scudder 1885
Florissant, Colorado, Eocene
References
External links
The Earwig Research Centre's Labiduridae database''Source for references:'' type Labiduridae in the "family" field and click "search".
Australian Faunal Directory: LabiduridaeAn image of the family
Dermaptera families
Extant Albian first appearances
Forficulina
Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff
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