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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Earwigs, pincerbugs

Earwigs are predominantly a tropical group, with about 1800 species worldwide.
They are elongate, somewhat flattened insects, with characteristic forceps at the end of the abdomen. Most species are nocturnal and feed mainly as predators on insects or as scavengers on dead plant materials, but some may feed on live plant tissue.

Three species in the Galapagos are indigenous to Europe and have probably been transported by humans.

Authors: Stewart B. Peck, Henri W. Herrera.

Other Contributors: Sandra Abedrabbo, Léon L. Baert, Fabián Bersosa, Ruth Boada, Charlotte Causton, Germania Estévez, Lilian Guzmán, Henri W. Herrera, María T. Lasso, Maria Piedad Lincango, E. G. Linsley, Yale Lubin, Alejandro Mieles, Renato Oquendo, Lázaro Roque-Álbelo, Leslie Usinger.

Names of taxa included: 7 total (6 accepted, 1 new to science).

Origin of the taxa included: 2 accidental, 2 questionable accidental, 1 questionable native, 2 endemic.

Dermaptera Species Checklist

Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Animalia

Division Arthropoda

Class Insecta

Order Dermaptera

Suborder Catadermaptera

Superfamily Pygidicranoidea

Family Carcinophoridae

Genus Anisolabis

Anisolabis maritima  (Bonelli, 1832)

Genus Anophthalmolabis

Anophthalmolabis leleupi  Brindle, 1968

Anophthalmolabis sp. nov.  

Genus Euborellia

Euborellia annulipes  (Lucas, 1847)

Suborder Eudermaptera

Superfamily Forficuloidea

Family Labiidae

Genus Circolabia

Circolabia arcuata  (Scudder, 1876)

Genus Labia

Labia annulata  (Fabricius, 1793)

Labia curvicauda  (Motschulsky, 1863)

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This list should be cited as follows:

Peck, S. B., Herrera, H. W. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Earwigs, pincerbugs - FCD Lista de especies de Tijeretas de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/terrestrial-invertebrates/dermaptera/ Last updated 13 Apr 2011.