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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Little Earwigs (Spongiphoridae)

Family Spongiphoridae - Little Earwigs

Representative Images

Earwig - Vostox brunneipennis - male Marava ? - Labia minor - female Spongiphoridae (Little Earwig), lateral - Marava arachidis Vostox brunneipennis? - Vostox excavatus Small earwig - Marava pulchella Vostox brunneipennis ? - Vostox brunneipennis - female Lesser Earwig - Labia minor - male Marava pulchella? - Vostox brunneipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Spongiphoridae (Little Earwigs)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Labiidae

Explanation of Names

Spongiphoridae Verhoeff 1902

Numbers

8‒10 spp. in 4‒5 genera of 2 subfamilies in our area(1)(Haas 2009):
subfam. Labiinae: Labia (1 sp.) · Paralabella (2 spp.) · Spirolabia (1 sp.)
subfam. Spongiphorinae: Marava (3 spp.) · Vostox (3 spp.)
>510 spp. in 43 genera worldwide, arranged into 14 subfamilies(2)

Works Cited

1.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
2.Hopkins H., Maehr M.D., Haas F., Lesley S.D. Dermaptera species file. Version 5.0
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 July, 2007 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 29 January, 2024 - 8:55pm

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