Chelisoches

Chelisoches (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of earwigs in the family Chelisochidae. Species are from the Pacific Islands. C. morio has been introduced to California and Florida.

Chelisoches
A black earwig (Chelisoches morio) on a sign in Hawaii Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Chelisochidae
Subfamily:	Chelisochinae
Genus:	Chelisoches Scudder, 1876[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Enkrates Burr 1907 Kleiduchus Burr 1911 Lobophora Audinet-Serville, 1838[2] (preoccupied)

Species

This genus includes the following species:

• Chelisoches annulatus
• Chelisoches ater (Bormans, 1900)^[3]
• Chelisoches australicus (Le Guillou, 1841)
• Chelisoches handschini Günther, 1934
• Chelisoches kimberleyensis Mjöberg, 1913
• Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)

Names brought to synonymy

• Chelisoches elegans De Bormans, 1900, a synonym for Euenkrates elegans (De Bormans, 1900) [Srivastava 1976].