Chelidurella Explained

Chelidurella is a genus of European earwigs, in the family Forficulidae and subfamily Anechurinae, erected by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1902.^[1] The recorded distribution of species (possibly incomplete) is mostly in northern Europe including Britain.^[2] The genus name was recently restored (in 2021: several species had been placed in Chelidura) by Kirstová et al., who provide a key for identification of males.^[3]

Species

The Dermaptera Species File^[2] lists:

1. Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832) - type species (as Forficula acanthopygia Géné)
2. Chelidurella caprai Vigna Taglianti, 1993
3. Chelidurella fontanai Galvagni, 1996
4. Chelidurella galvagnii Kirstová & Kočárek, 2021
5. Chelidurella mutica (Krauss, 1886)
6. Chelidurella poggii Capra, 1982
7. Chelidurella pseudovignai Kočárek & Kirstová, 2021
8. Chelidurella thaleri Harz, 1980
9. Chelidurella vignai Galvagni, 1995

Notes and References

1. Verhoeff KW (1902) Über Dermapteren. 1. Aufsatz. Versuch eines neuen, natürlichen Systems auf vergleichend-morphologischer Grundlage und über den Mikrothorax der Insecten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 181–209.
2. http://dermaptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1181803 Dermaptera Species File: genus Chelidurella Verhoeff, 1902
3. Kirstová, Kundrata, Kocárek (2021) Insect Systematics and Evolution 52: 343, 365.