Labiduridae

"Striped earwig" redirects here. For a specific species, see Labidura riparia.

Labiduridae, whose members are known commonly as striped earwigs,^[2] is a relatively large family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera.^[3]

Labiduridae Temporal range: Albian–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Nala lividipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Labiduroidea Verhoeff, 1902
Family:	Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902
Genera[1]
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Taxonomy

The family contains a total of approximately 72 species, spread across seven genera in three subfamilies.^[4][5] Some well-known members of the family include Labidura riparia, commonly known as the tawny earwig, and Gonolabidura meteor. The family is mostly cosmopolitan, so it can be found around the world.^[5] At least two species have been described from middle Cretaceous aged Burmese amber, Myrrholabia and Zigrasolabis.^[6]

Description

The family's members are moderate to large earwigs, and are cylindrically shaped with well-developed wings. They have especially long antennae, while some segments can be shorter, and large cerci.^[4][5]

Genera

The family contains the following genera:^[7]

• Subfamily Allostethinae Verhoeff, 1904
  • Allostethella Zacher, 1910
  • Allostethus Verhoeff, 1904
  • Gonolabidura Zacher, 1910
  • Protolabidura Steinmann, 1985
• Subfamily Labidurinae Verhoeff, 1902
  • Forcipula Bolivar, 1897
  • Labidura Leach, 1815
  • Tomopygia Burr, 1904
  • †Myrrholabia Engel & Grimaldi, 2004 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • †Zigrasolabis Engel and Grimaldi 2014 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• Subfamily Nalinae Steinmann, 1975
  • Nala Zacher, 1910
• Incertae sedis
  • †Caririlabia Martins-Neto, 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian
  • †Labiduromma Scudder 1885 Florissant, Colorado, Eocene