| Labiduridae Temporal range: Albian–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
| Infraorder: | Epidermaptera |
| Superfamily: | Labiduroidea Verhoeff, 1902 |
| Family: | Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 |
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Labiduridae, whose members are known commonly as striped earwigs, is a relatively large family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera.
Taxonomy
The family contains a total of approximately 72 species, spread across seven genera in three subfamilies. 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. At least two species have been described from middle Cretaceous aged Burmese amber, Myrrholabia and Zigrasolabis.
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.
Genera
The family contains the following genera:
- 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.
- Dermaptera Species File: Labiduridae
- ^ 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.
External links
- The Earwig Research Centre's Labiduridae database Source for references: type Labiduridae in the "family" field and click "search".
- Australian Faunal Directory: Labiduridae
- An image of the family.
| Extant Dermaptera families | |
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| See also: Taxonomy of the Dermaptera |
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