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Chelisochidae

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Chelisochidae
Chelisoches morio
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Chelisochidae
Verhoeff, 1902
Genera[1][2]

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Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs[3][4] whose members are commonly known as black earwigs.[5] The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.[6][7]

They are primarily located in the more tropical Afrotropical, Australasian, and Oriental realms, even though some species, such as Chelisoches morio, are cosmopolitan.[7] They are often dark in color, lending to their common name, and can vary in size. They can be easily identified due to a certain characteristic in their tarsi, involving a ventral projection on the second tarsal segment. Like most earwigs, they are omnivores, and their diet consists of the larvae of leaf-mining insects, as well as certain types of vegetation.[7]

Genera

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The family contains the following genera:[8]

References

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  1. ^ http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/18211.htm[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Chelisochidae".
  3. ^ "Checklist for CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  4. ^ See first entry in external links section for reference.
  5. ^ "Discover Life - Dermaptera: Chelisochidae - Black earwig, Black earwigs". Discover Life. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  6. ^ Steinmann, H. (1993). "Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II". Das Tierreich. 108.
  7. ^ a b c "Family CHELISOCHIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australia: Australian Government: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  8. ^ Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
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