Chelisoches
Appearance
Chelisoches | |
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A black earwig (Chelisoches morio) on a sign in Hawaii Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Family: | Chelisochidae |
Subfamily: | Chelisochinae |
Genus: | Chelisoches Scudder, 1876[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Chelisoches (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of earwigs in the family Chelisochidae. Species are from the Pacific Islands. C. morio has been introduced to California and Florida.
Species
[edit]This genus includes the following species:
- Chelisoches annulatus
- Chelisoches ater (Bormans, 1900)[3]
- Chelisoches australicus (Le Guillou, 1841)
- Chelisoches handschini Günther, 1934
- Chelisoches kimberleyensis Mjöberg, 1913
- Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)
Names brought to synonymy
[edit]- Chelisoches elegans De Bormans, 1900, a synonym for Euenkrates elegans (De Bormans, 1900) [Srivastava 1976].
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Chelisoches.
- "Chelisoches" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Chelisoches at Bug Guide
- Chelisoches at dermaptera.speciesfile.org