Arixenia esau
Arixenia esau | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Suborder: | Arixeniina |
Family: | Arixeniidae |
Genus: | Arixenia |
Species: | A. esau |
Binomial name | |
Arixenia esau Jordan 1909 [1] | |
Arixenia esau is a species of earwig, one of three species in the genus Arixenia.
This species was initially believed to be parasitic on bats, including the hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus),[2] but is actually not a parasite.[3] It is viviparous, giving birth to live offspring that develop in a uterus.[4]
References
- ↑ http://earwigs-online.de/names.html
- ↑ White, M. J. D. (1972). The chromosomes of Arixenia esau Jordan (Dermaptera). Chromosoma 36(4), 338-42.
- ↑ Strenger, A. (1977). Arixenia esau J., kein Parasit – eine funktionsmorphologische Studie. Zool. Anz. (Jena), 199, 99-106.
- ↑ Tworzydlo, W., et al. (2013). Embryos of the viviparous dermapteran, Arixenia esau develop sequentially in two compartments: terminal ovarian follicles and the uterus. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64087.
External links
- An example of a female Arixenia esau from the Australian National Insect Collection
- Data related to Arixenia esau at Wikispecies
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