Biology:Ancistrogastrinae

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Short description: Subfamily of earwigs

Ancistrogastrinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Ancistrogastrinae
Verhoeff, 1902

Ancistrogastrinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Ancistrogastrinae. [1][2]

Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Ancistrogastrinae:

  • Ancistrogaster Stal, 1855
  • Litocosmia Hebard, 1917
  • Osteulcus Burr, 1907
  • Paracosmia Borelli, 1909
  • Praos Burr, 1907
  • Sarcinatrix Rehn, 1903

References

  1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902". http://Dermaptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1181796. 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): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED2.0.CO;2]. https://archive.org/details/familygroupname00enge. 

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. 
  • Steinmann, H. (1989). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21218151 entry