Arixenia esau

Arixenia esau
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Arixeniina
Family:	Arixeniidae
Genus:	Arixenia
Species:	A. esau
Binomial name
	Arixenia esau; Jordan 1909 [1]

Arixenia esau is a species of earwig, one of three species in the genus Arixenia.

This species was initially believed to be parasitic on bats, including the hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus),[2] but is actually not a parasite.[3] It is viviparous, giving birth to live offspring that develop in a uterus.[4]

References

http://earwigs-online.de/names.html
White, M. J. D. (1972). The chromosomes of Arixenia esau Jordan (Dermaptera). Chromosoma 36(4), 338-42.
Strenger, A. (1977). Arixenia esau J., kein Parasit – eine funktionsmorphologische Studie. Zool. Anz. (Jena), 199, 99-106.
Tworzydlo, W., et al. (2013). Embryos of the viviparous dermapteran, Arixenia esau develop sequentially in two compartments: terminal ovarian follicles and the uterus. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64087.

External links

An example of a female Arixenia esau from the Australian National Insect Collection
Data related to Arixenia esau at Wikispecies

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[ERC-1] ttp://earwigs-online.de/names.html

[2] White, M. J. D. (1972). The chromosomes of Arixenia esau Jordan (Dermaptera). Chromosoma 36(4), 338-42.

[3] Strenger, A. (1977). Arixenia esau J., kein Parasit – eine funktionsmorphologische Studie. Zool. Anz. (Jena), 199, 99-106.

[4] Tworzydlo, W., et al. (2013). Embryos of the viviparous dermapteran, Arixenia esau develop sequentially in two compartments: terminal ovarian follicles and the uterus. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64087.