The Christmas Island earwig (''Anisolabis subarmata'') is a species of earwig in the family

Anisolabididae Anisolabididae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina and the order Dermaptera. It is one of nine families in the suborder Forficulina, and contains thirty-eight genera spread across thirteen subfamilies. Subfamilies The family cont ...

Taxonomy

The Christmas Island earwig was described as a new species in 1900 by English entomologist William Forsell Kirby. The holotype had been collected by Charles William Andrews on Christmas Island. Kirby placed it in the genus '' Labia'', with a scientific name of ''Labia subarmata''.

Biology and conservation

Very little is known about the Christmas Island earwig, as it is one of twenty-four invertebrate species endemic to Christmas Island that have not been detected since 1902.

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Anisolabididae Fauna of Christmas Island Insects described in 1900 {{earwig-stub

Taxonomy

Biology and conservation

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