Skendylinae
| Skendylinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
| Infraorder: | Epidermaptera |
| Superfamily: | Forficuloidea |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Subfamily: | Skendylinae Burr, 1907 |
Skendylinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 60 described species in Skendylinae. [1][2]
Genera
[edit]These 12 genera belong to the subfamily Skendylinae:
- Afrocosmia Hincks, 1960
- Brachycosmiella Steinmann, 1990
- Cosmiella Verhoeff, 1902
- Cosmiola Bey-Bienko, 1959
- Forcepsia Moreira, 1930
- Kleter Burr, 1907
- Liparura Burr, 1907
- Lipodes Burr, 1907
- Mixocosmia Borelli, 1909
- Neocosmiella Hebard, 1919
- Obelura Burr, 1907
- Paracosmiella Steinmann, 1990
References
[edit]- ^ Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Skendylinae Burr, 1907". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates (3567). American Museum of Natural History: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5858. S2CID 85642033.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. S2CID 85718043.
- Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.
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