Chelisochidae

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: Chelisochidae
Subfamiliae (3): Chelisochellinae - Chelisochinae - Genitalatinae
Overview of genera (17)

Adiathella – Adiathetus – Chelisochella – Chelisoches – Euenkrates – Exypnus – Genitalata – Gressitolabis – Hamaxas – Kinesis – Lamprophorella – Proreus – Schizochelisoches – Schizoproreus – Solenosoma – Tauropygia – ?†Chelisoficula
Name

Chelisochidae

References
Links

Chelisochidae – Taxon details on BugGuide.

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.
"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.