Anisolabididae

Anisolabididae
Temporal range: Albian - Recent
An adult Euborellia annulipes, or Ringlegged earwig, taken in Gunfire range, Kahoolawe, Hawaii, United States.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Forficulina
Family: Anisolabididae
Subfamilies [1][2][3][4][5]
Anisolabidinae[6][7]
Anophthalmolabiinae[6]
Antisolabiinae[6][8]
Brachylabinae[6][7][8]
Idolopsalinae[6][8]
Isolabiinae[6][8]
Isolaboidinae[6]
Parisolabiinae[6][8]
Platylabiinae[6][7][8]

See text for genera.

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

Anisolabidinae

The subfamily Anisolabidinae contains twenty-five genera, cited by both Srivastava[6] and Chen & Ma.[7] Steinmann[8] in 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1993 classified the genera under the subfamilies Carcinophorinae and Gonolabiinae, which are synonyms of Anisolabidinae.[9] Other synonyms include Placolabidinae and Titanolabiinae. The genera in this subfamily are Aborolabis, Anisolabella, Anisolabis, Apolabis, Capralabis, Carcinophora, Epilabis, Epilandex, Euborellia, Flexiolabis, Foramenolabis, Gonolabis, Mongolabis, Placolabis, Gonolabina, Gonolabis, Heterolabis, Indolabis, Metalabis, Neolabis, Ornatolabis, Paraflexiolabis, Thekalabis, Titanolabis, and Zacheria.

Anophthalmolabiinae

The subfamily Anophthalmolabiinae contains one genus, Anophthalmolabis, cited by both Steinmann[8] and Srivastava.[6]

Antisolabiinae

The subfamily Antisolabiinae contains one genus, Antisolabis, cited by both Steinmann[8] and Srivastava.[6]

Brachylabinae

The subfamily Brachylabinae contains three genera: Brachylabis, Ctenisolabis, Metisolabis. Ctenisolabis and Metisolabis were cited by both Steinmann[8] and Srivastava,[6] while Brachylabis was cited by Steinmann,[8] Srivastava,[6] and Chen & Ma.[7]

Idolopsalinae

The subfamily Idolopsalinae contains one genus, Idolopsalis, cited by both Steinmann[8] and Srivastava.[6]

Isolabiinae

The subfamily Isolabiinae contains four genera: Africolabis, Geracodes, Isolabis, and Pterolabis They were cited only by Steinmann.[8]

Isolaboidinae

The subfamily Isolaboidinae contains one genus, Isolaboides, cited by only by Srivastava.[6]

Parisolabiinae

The subfamily Parisolabiinae contains two genera, Parisolabis and Parisopsalis. They were cited by both Steinmann[8] and Srivastava.[6]

Platylabiinae

The subfamily Platylabiinae contains one genus, Platylabia, cited by Steinmann,[8] Srivastava,[6] and Chen & Ma.[7]

Incertae sedis

The genus Toxolabis was described in 2014 from a single fossil male recovered from Burmese amber. The single species T. zigrasi matches that of Anisolabididae members. Unfortunately due to the quality of the preservation, the describing authors were not able to be determine a more specific placement within the family.[10]

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