Chelisochidae

Chelisochidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Forficulina
Family: Chelisochidae
Burr, 1907
Subfamilies[1][2]
  • Chelisochellinae
  • Chelisochinae
  • Genitalatinae

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 ecozones, 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]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102459
  3. ↑ "Checklist for CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  4. ↑ See first entry in external links section for reference.
  5. ↑ "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  6. ↑ Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich 108.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.

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