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Genus Chelisoches

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Chelisoches morio - male Chelisochides morio - Chelisoches morio - male Chelisochides morio - Chelisoches morio - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Chelisochidae (Black Earwigs)
Genus Chelisoches

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lobophora Audinet-Serville 1839 (preaeocc.)

Explanation of Names

Chelisoches Scudder 1876
from χηλη οχεω ('pincer-carrier')

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area, 15 spp. total(1)

Range

Native to many Pacific islands; introduced into Pacific Northwest, CA and FL (likely from Hawaii)(2)(3)

Print References

Audinet-Serville, Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Othopteres. (1839), p.32 --original description
Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 18, p.253

Works Cited

1.Hopkins H., Maehr M.D., Haas F., Lesley S.D. Dermaptera species file. Version 5.0
2.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
3.The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera)
R.L. Langston & J.A. Powell. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 20: 1-25.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 9 May, 2009 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2013 - 12:15pm

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