Christmas Island earwig explained

The Christmas Island earwig (Anisolabis subarmata) is a species of earwig in the family Anisolabididae.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The Christmas Island earwig was described as a new species in 1900 by English entomologist William Forsell Kirby. The holotype had been collected by Charles William Andrews on Christmas Island. Kirby placed it in the genus Labia, with a scientific name of Labia subarmata.^[3]

Biology and conservation

Very little is known about the Christmas Island earwig, as it is one of twenty-four invertebrate species endemic to Christmas Island that have not been detected since 1902.^[4]

See also

• List of Dermapterans of Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anisolabis subarmata (Kirby) . Ento.csiro.au . 2009-09-02.
2. Web site: Species Anisolabis subarmata (Kirby, 1900). Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. 16 January 2017.
3. Book: Kirby, W. F.. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24862615. A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). 1900. Order 9 - Orthoptera. 144–145.
4. Book: Woinarski, John . A Bat's End: The Christmas Island Pipistrelle and Extinction in Australia. 144. Csiro Publishing. 2018. 9781486308651.