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

Family Spongiphoridae - Little Earwigs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Lesser Earwig? - Labia minor - male Earwig thing - Marava arachidis Earwig ID? - Vostox apicedentatus Labia minor - female Labia minor - female Marava - male small earwig - Labia minor - male Female, Vostox apicedentatus? - Vostox - female
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.)
>420 spp. in 40 genera worldwide, arranged into 14 subfamilies(2)
Works Cited
1.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
2.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 1 October, 2013 - 1:02pm

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