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Genus Labia

Representative Images

Earwig - Labia minor - male Labia minor - female Lesser Earwig - Labia minor - male Marava ? - Labia minor - female Earwig - Labia minor - male Spongiphoridae - Labia minor Dermaptera - Labia minor - female Lesser Earwig - Labia minor - male

Classification

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

Explanation of Names

Labia Leach 1815

Numbers

A single cosmopolitan species in our area, 6 spp total(1); other spp. listed as Labia for NA(2)(3) are now considered members of Paralabella (Haas 2009)

Range

Cosmopolitan(4)

Works Cited

1.Hopkins H., Maehr M.D., Haas F., Lesley S.D. Dermaptera species file. Version 5.0
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
4.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 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2015 - 4:42pm

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