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Chelisochidae
Chelisoches morio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Forficuloidea
Family:	Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902
Genera
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Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs whose members are commonly known as black earwigs. The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.

They are primarily located in the more tropical Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oriental realms, even though some species, such as Chelisoches morio, are cosmopolitan. 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.

Genera

The family contains the following genera:

• 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

1. http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm
2. "ITIS - Report: Chelisochidae".
3. "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.
4. See first entry in external links section for reference.
5. "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
6. Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 108.
7. ^ "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
8. Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

External links

• The Earwig Research Centre's Chelisochidae database Source for references: type Chelisochidae in the "family" field and click "search".
• Australian Faunal Directory: Chelisochidae
• An image of the family.

• Chelisochidae
• Dermaptera families
• Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff