Chelisochidae

Family of earwigs

Chelisochidae

Chelisoches morio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Forficuloidea
Family:	Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902
Genera^[1]^[2]
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Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs^[3]^[4] whose members are commonly known as black earwigs.^[5] The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.^[6]^[7]

They are primarily located in the more tropical Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oriental realms, even though some species, such as Chelisoches morio, are cosmopolitan.^[7] They are often dark in color, lending to their common name, and can vary in size. They can be easily identified due to a certain characteristic in their tarsi, involving a ventral projection on the second tarsal segment. Like most earwigs, they are omnivores, and their diet consists of the larvae of leaf-mining insects, as well as certain types of vegetation.^[7]

Genera

The family contains the following genera:^[8]

Subfamily Chelisochinae Verhoeff, 1902
- Adiathella Brindle, 1970
- Adiathetus Burr, 1907
- Chelisochella Verhoeff, 1902
- Chelisoches Scudder, 1876
- Euenkrates Rehn, 1927
- Exypnus Burr, 1907
- Gressitolabis Brindle, 1970
- Hamaxas Burr, 1907
- Lamprophorella Mjöberg, 1924
- Proreus Burr, 1907
- Schizochelisoches Steinmann, 1987
- Schizoproreus Steinmann, 1987
- Solenosoma Burr, 1907
Subfamily Genitalatinae Steinmann, 1987
- Genitalata Kapoor, 1974
Subfamily Kinesinae
- Kinesis Burr, 1907

References

^ http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "ITIS - Report: Chelisochidae".
^ "Checklist for CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
^ See first entry in external links section for reference.
^ "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
^ Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 108.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
^ Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Chelisochidae.

The Earwig Research Centre's Chelisochidae database Source for references: type Chelisochidae in the "family" field and click "search".
Australian Faunal Directory: Chelisochidae
An image of the family.

Extant Dermaptera families