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

Family Anisolabididae

Representative Images

Euborellia annulipes - female Anisolabis maritima? - Anisolabis maritima - female Anisolabis maritima? - Anisolabis maritima Euborellia annulipes? - Euborellia annulipes Unidentified Insect 9-8-13 - Euborellia Ring-legged Earwig - Euborellia annulipes Ring-legged Earwig - Dorsal - Euborellia annulipes Euborellia cinticollis - Euborellia cincticollis

Classification

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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Carcinophoridae (e.g., in(1)(2))

Explanation of Names

Anisolabididae Verhoeff 1902

Numbers

8 spp. in 3 genera in our area, all in the nominate subfamily: Euborellia (6 spp.), Anisolabis & Gonolabis (1 sp. each)(2); ~400 spp. in 36 genera worldwide, arranged into 10 subfamilies(3)

Identification

Chelisocidae and Forficulidae have the middle of the three segments on the "feet" extending under the last segment (the "toes"), with Chelisocidae also having a dense brush of hairs underneath and the Forficulidae having the middle segment also wider than the last.
In males, the right pincer is noticeably more bent inward more than the left one:

The name Anisolabis refers to this trait.
The two most common NA members of the family are wingless, but the African Earwig may be fully winged.

Range

One sp. widespread on sea coasts, one widespread across e. US and from BC to CA & AZ; 4 restricted to FL, and 2 to the southwest (AZ & CA)(4)(2)

Works Cited

1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
3.Hopkins H., Maehr M.D., Haas F., Lesley S.D. Dermaptera species file. Version 5.0
4.The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera)
R.L. Langston & J.A. Powell. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 20: 1-25.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 December, 2005 - 5:27pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2013 - 12:44pm

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