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Echinosoma [1] is a genus of earwigs in the family Pygidicranidae, erected by Audinet-Serville in 1838. ... Echinosoma horridum Dohrn, 1862; Echinosoma insulanum ...
Earwigs are a type of insect, measuring about as long as a paperclip, with a set of distinct pinchers on the end of their abdomen. While there are more than 1200 species of earwig worldwide, ...
The following list provides the earwigs currently identified from Australia. [1] Family Anisolabididae ... Echinosoma yorkense Dohrn, 1869; Family Spongiphoridae
Articles relating to the Earwigs (insect order Dermaptera). With about 2,000 species in 12 families , they are one of the smaller insect orders. Subcategories
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera.With about 2,000 species [1] in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings".
According to a checklist by Steinmann in 1989, 71 species of earwigs may be found in Sri Lanka, [1] distributed between 11 families and 21 genera. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Family Anisolabididae
Forficula auricularia is a species complex comprising the common earwig. It is also known as the European earwig . It is an omnivorous insect belonging to the family Forficulidae .
The earwig was endemic to Saint Helena, being found on the Horse Point Plain, Prosperous Bay Plain, and the Eastern Arid Area of the island. It was known to have lived in plain areas, gumwood forests and seabird colonies in rocky places. The earwig inhabited deep burrows, coming out only at night following rain.