Species Vostox brunneipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References

Fellow Buggers, Lend Me Your Ear - Vostox brunneipennis - female

Pretty, for an Earwig - Vostox brunneipennis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)

Family Labiidae (Little Earwigs)

Genus Vostox

Species brunneipennis (Vostox brunneipennis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1839 by Jean Guillaume Audinet Serville as Psalidophora brunneipennis

Explanation of Names

brunneipennis is from Latin brunneus- "brown" + pennae - "wing"

Internet References

Histoire Naturelle des Insects- Orthoptères, p.30 Original description of the species

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 July, 2007 - 8:30pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 5 July, 2009 - 6:12pm

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