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Arixenia

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Arixenia
Arixenia esau from the Manual of Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Arixeniidae
Genus: Arixenia
Jordan, 1909 [1]
Species[1][2]

Arixenia is a genus of earwigs, one of only two genera in the family Arixeniidae, and contains two species. These are ectoparasitic on bats.[3]

The genus Arixenia live on the skin of bats mainly of the genus Cheiromeles. Another genus Hemimerus is also ectoparasitic and found on rats of teh genus Cricetomys. They are placed in the suborder Arixenina and have unsegmented cerci.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "All the names".
  2. ^ "Arixenia (Genus)". Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  3. ^ a b Popham, Edward J. (1962). "The anatomy related to the feeding habits of Arixenia and Hemimerus (Dermaptera)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 139 (3): 429–450. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1962.tb01838.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
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