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Genus Anisolabis

Earwig - Anisolabis - male giant intertidal earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male - female giant intertidal earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male - female giant intertidal earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male giant intertidal earwig - Anisolabis maritima - female Live giant earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male Appledore Earwigs - Anisolabis maritima - female Maritime Earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Anisolabididae
Genus Anisolabis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1853 by Franz Xaver Fieber
Explanation of Names
Anisolabis is from Greek anisos (ανισος)- "unequal" + labis (λαβις)- "forceps"
Numbers
Only one species in our area
Internet References
Lotos, v.3, p.257    Fieber's original description of the genus (in German)
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 3 September, 2007 - 7:12pm
Last updated 20 September, 2009 - 9:04pm

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