''Chelisoches'' (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of
earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order (biology), order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cercus, cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincer (biology), pincers on ...
s in the family
Chelisochidae. Species are from the
Pacific Islands
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. ''C. morio'' has been introduced to
California
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and
Florida
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.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
* ''
Chelisoches annulatus''
* ''
Chelisoches ater''
(Bormans, 1900)[Quelques Dermaptères du Musée civique de Gênes. A Bormans, Annali del Musco Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 1900]
* ''
Chelisoches australicus''
(Le Guillou, 1841)
* ''
Chelisoches handschini''
Günther, 1934
* ''
Chelisoches kimberleyensis''
Mjöberg, 1913
* ''
Chelisoches morio''
(Fabricius, 1775)
Names brought to synonymy
* ''Chelisoches elegans''
De Bormans, 1900, a synonym for ''
Euenkrates elegans''
(De Bormans, 1900) rivastava 1976
References
External links
*
''Chelisoches''at Bug Guide
''Chelisoches''at dermaptera.speciesfile.org
Chelisochidae
Dermaptera genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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