Opisthocosmiinae

Opisthocosmiinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are more than 100 described species in Opisthocosmiinae, recorded especially from Asia and the Americas.^[1][2]

Timomenus komarowi

Opisthocosmiinae
Opisthocosmia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Forficuloidea
Family:	Forficulidae
Subfamily:	Opisthocosmiinae Verhoeff, 1902

Genera

These 18 genera belong to the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae:

• Acanthocordax Günther, 1929
• Chaetocosmia Nishikawa, 1973
• Cipex Burr, 1910
• Cordax Burr, 1910
• Eparchus Burr, 1907
• Eutimomena Bey-Bienko, 1970
• Hypurgus Burr, 1907
• Neoopisthocosmia Steinmann, 1990
• Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865
• Parasondax Srivastava, 1978
• Parasyntonus Steinmann, 1990
• Paratimomenus Steinmann, 1974
• Pareparchus Burr, 1911
• Prosadiya Hebard, 1923
• Sondax Burr, 1910
• Spinosocordax Steinmann, 1988
• Syntonus Burr, 1910
• Timomenus Burr, 1907