Ancistrogastrinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Dermapterida
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordo: Neodermaptera
Infraordo: Epidermaptera
Parvordo: Eteodermaptera
Nanordo: Eudermaptera
Superfamilia: Forficuloidea

Familia: Forficulidae
Subfamilia: Ancistrogastrinae
Genera (6): Ancistrogaster – Litocosmia – Osteulcus – Paracosmia – Praos – Sarcinatrix
Name

Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902
Synonyms

Rhyacolabinae Steinmann, 1975
Sarcinatricinae Steinmann,1975

Ancistrogastrinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Ancistrogastrinae. [1][2]
Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Ancistrogastrinae:

Ancistrogaster Stal, 1855
Litocosmia Hebard, 1917
Osteulcus Burr, 1907
Paracosmia Borelli, 1909
Praos Burr, 1907
Sarcinatrix Rehn, 1903

References

Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3567 (3567): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5858.

Further reading

Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 85718043.
Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.