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Genus Marava

Little Earwig - Marava pulchella - female

Spongiiphoridae: Marava? - Marava arachidis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)

Family Spongiphoridae (Little Earwigs)

Subfamily Spongiphorinae

Genus Marava

Explanation of Names

Marava Burr 1911

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), 54 total(2)

Range

M. arachidis, the Chief Earwig, is a tropical cosmopolitan sp. mostly associated with stored products, spread with commerce, and established in southernmost states (FL to CA);

M. pulchella occurs in se.US west to TX and may be common under bark of pine and hardwoods(1);

no available data on M. unidentata distribution (ITIS info is inaccurate). "I have no information on the Nearctic distribution of M. unidentata except for its recorded occurrence here by Poole & Gentili (1997: Nomina Insecta Nearctica, Vol. 4)." --M.S. Engel, pers. comm. to =v= 28.xii.2009

Works Cited

1.	Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States

2.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 11 May, 2009 - 12:49am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2024 - 5:07pm

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