Labiduridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Forficulina

Familia: Labiduridae
Genera: Labidura
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Vernacular names
English: striped earwigs

Labiduridae, whose members are known commonly as striped earwigs,[2] is a relatively large family of earwigs in the suborder Forficulina.[1][3]

Taxonomy

The family contains a total of approximately 72 species, spread across seven genera in three subfamilies.[4][5] Some well-known members of the family include Labidura riparia, commonly known as the tawny earwig, and Gonolabidura meteor. The family is mostly cosmopolitan, so it can be found around the world.[5] At least two species have been described from middle Cretaceous aged Burmese amber, Myrrholabia and Zigrasolabis.[6]
Description

The family's members are moderate to large earwigs, and are cylindrically shaped with well-developed wings. They have especially long antennae, while some segments can be shorter, and large cerci.[4][5]
Genera

The family contains the following genera:[7]

Subfamily Allostethinae Verhoeff, 1904
Allostethella Zacher, 1910
Allostethus Verhoeff, 1904
Gonolabidura Zacher, 1910
Protolabidura Steinmann, 1985
Subfamily Labidurinae Verhoeff, 1902
Forcipula Bolivar, 1897
Labidura Leach, 1815
Tomopygia Burr, 1904
†Myrrholabia Engel & Grimaldi, 2004 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Zigrasolabis Engel and Grimaldi 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Subfamily Nalinae Steinmann, 1975
Nala Zacher, 1910
Incertae sedis
†Caririlabia Martins-Neto, 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
†Labiduromma Scudder 1885 Florissant, Colorado, Eocene

References

"Checklist for LABIDURIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
"Discover Life - Dermaptera: Labiduridae - Common brown earwig, Striped earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
See first entry in external links section for reference.
Steinmann, H. (1989). "Dermaptera. Catadermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 105.
"Family LABIDURIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
Engel, MS; Grimaldi, D (2014). "New mid-Cretaceous earwigs in amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera)". Novitates Paleoentomologicae. 6: 1–16.
Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.