Anechurinae

Anechurinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 9 genera and more than 70 described species in Anechurinae. [1][2]

Anechurinae
Anechura bipunctata (immature)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Anechurinae
Burr, 1907

Genera

These nine genera belong to the subfamily Anechurinae:

  • Anechura Scudder, 1876
  • Chelidura Latreille, 1825
  • Eumegalura Bey-Bienko, 1934
  • Mesasiobia Semenov, 1908
  • Neopterygida Srivastava, 1984
  • Oreasiobia Semenov, 1936
  • Perirrhytus Burr, 1911
  • Pseudochelidura Verhoeff, 1902
  • Pterygida Verhoeff, 1902

References
  1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Anechurinae Burr, 1907". 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 (3567): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. 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. S2CID 85718043.
  • 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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