Opisthocosmiinae

Opisthocosmiinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 18 genera and more than 100 described species in Opisthocosmiinae. [1][2]

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Opisthocosmiinae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Opisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902

Genera

These 18 genera belong to the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae:

  • Acanthocordax Günther, 1929
  • Chaetocosmia Nishikawa, 1973
  • Cipex Burr, 1910
  • Cordax Burr, 1910
  • Eparchus Burr, 1907
  • Eutimomena Bey-Bienko, 1970
  • Hypurgus Burr, 1907
  • Neoopisthocosmia Steinmann, 1990
  • Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865
  • Parasondax Srivastava, 1978
  • Parasyntonus Steinmann, 1990
  • Paratimomenus Steinmann, 1974
  • Pareparchus Burr, 1911
  • Prosadiya Hebard, 1923
  • Sondax Burr, 1910
  • Spinosocordax Steinmann, 1988
  • Syntonus Burr, 1910
  • Timomenus Burr, 1907
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References
  1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Opisthocosmiinae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History (3567). hdl:2246/5858.

Further reading
  • Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.


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