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Dermaptera (Earwigs)

 

Infraorder: Epidermaptera

Family: Anisolabididae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anisolabis breviforceps Brindle, 1980   1900 Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Anisolabis mauiensis Brindle, 1980   1896 Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Anisolabis oahuensis Brindle, 1980 Oahu earwig 1928 Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access

  

Family: Forficulidae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Forficula iberica Steinmann, 1981   (rediscovered) Spain Rediscovered Access

  

Family: Labiduridae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798) St. Helena Giant earwig, Saint Helena Giant earwig 1967 St. Helena Extinct Access

 

Family: Spongiphoridae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chaetospania gardineri (Burr, 1910)   - Mahé & Silhouette Island, Seychelles Rediscovered Access

 

 

Infraorder: Protodermaptera

–No subordinate taxa

 

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Detailed Presentation

 

Suborder: Neodermaptera (includes all extant dermapterans)

Infraorder: Epidermaptera

Family: Apachyidae

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Anisolabididae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anisolabis breviforceps Brindle, 1980   1900 Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Anisolabis mauiensis Brindle, 1980   1896 Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access
             
Anisolabis oahuensis Brindle, 1980 Oahu earwig 1928 Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Missing Access

 

Family: Arixeniidae

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Chelisochidae

 –No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Forficulidae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Forficula iberica Steinmann, 1981   (rediscovered) Spain Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Hemimeridae

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Labiduridae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798) St. Helena Giant earwig, Saint Helena Giant earwig 1967 St. Helena Extinct Access

 

Family: Spongiphoridae
Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chaetospania gardineri (Burr, 1910)   - Mahé & Silhouette Island, Seychelles Rediscovered Access

 

 

Infraorder: Protodermaptera

Family: Diplatyidae

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Karschiellidae

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Pygidicranidae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Statistics

Based upon 2000 recent species, which is a modest extrapolation of new species descriptions since the 1978 species reported by (Zhang, 2011).

Conservation status Number of species
Recently extinct 1 (0.05%)
Missing 3 (0.15%)
Rediscovered 2 (0.10%)
Invalid 0 (0%)
Erroneously listed 0 (0%)
Uncertain status 0 (0%)

 

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