''Titanolabis'' 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 subfamily
Titanolabidinae.
Dermaptera Species File: ''Titanolabis''
/ref> Among its species is the Australian ''T. colossea'', which at about long is the largest certainly living species of earwig (the even larger Saint Helena earwig
The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (''Labidura herculeana'') is an extinct species of very large earwig endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.
Description
Growing as large as long (includi ...
, ''Labidura herculeana'', is generally considered extinct).
Species
* '' Titanolabis bormansi'' Srivastava, 1983
* '' Titanolabis centaurea'' Steinmann, 1985
* '' Titanolabis colossea'' (Dohrn, 1864)
* '' Titanolabis maindroni'' (Borelli, 1911)
* '' Titanolabis orientalis'' (Ramamurthi, 1968)
References
External links
Dermaptera genera
Anisolabididae
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