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

Genus Vostox

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Earwig - Vostox brunneipennis - male Little Earwig - Vostox brunneipennis - male Brown and black earwig - Vostox brunneipennis Vostox apicedentatus? - Vostox apicedentatus - male Vostox apicedentatus? - Vostox apicedentatus - male Vostox brunneipennis Vostox apicedentatus - Vostox - female earwig – Vostox brunneipennis? - Vostox brunneipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Spongiphoridae (Little Earwigs)
Subfamily Spongiphorinae
Genus Vostox
Explanation of Names
Vostox Burr 1911
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 24 total(2)
Range
Vostox brunneipennis (Aud. Serv.) e.US, TX, OK (1)
Vostox excavatus Nutting and Gurney AZ, NM
Vostox apicedentatus (Candell) s. CA to w. TX (3)
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
3.The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera)
R.L. Langston & J.A. Powell. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 20: 1-25.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 17 July, 2007 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 February, 2024 - 4:49pm

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