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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Anisolabididae » Anisolabis

Genus Anisolabis

Representative Images

Maritime Earwig - Anisolabis maritima - male Anisolabis maritima - male maritime earwig? - Anisolabis maritima - male Anisolabis maritima? - Anisolabis maritima - female 8034403 earwig - Anisolabis maritima - female Anisolabis maritima - Maritime Earwig - Anisolabis maritima - female male maritme earwigs - Anisolabis maritima - male female Anisolabis maritima? - Anisolabis maritima - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Anisolabididae
Genus Anisolabis

Explanation of Names

Anisolabis (Fieber 1853)
'unequal forceps'

Numbers

A single species in our area(1), almost 100 spp. total(2)

Range

Worldwide; widespread on sea coasts(3)(4)

Habitat

Seashores(3)

Works Cited

1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
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.
4.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 3 September, 2007 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2015 - 5:11pm

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