Echinosoma Explained

Echinosoma[1] is a genus of earwigs in the family Pygidicranidae, erected by Audinet-Serville in 1838.

Taxonomy

Echinosoma is the type genus of the subfamily Echinosomatinae recorded from Indochina and Malesia.[2] The Dermaptera Species File lists:

  1. Echinosoma bifurcatus (Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2010)
  2. Echinosoma affine Hincks, 1959
  3. Echinosoma afrum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) - type species
  4. Echinosoma atrum Steinmann, 1983
  5. Echinosoma beccarii Srivastava, 1983
  6. Echinosoma bolivari Rodzianko, 1897
  7. Echinosoma burri Hincks, 1959
  8. Echinosoma celebense Hincks, 1959
  9. Echinosoma concolor Borelli, 1907
  10. Echinosoma congolense Borelli, 1907
  11. Echinosoma convolutum Hincks, 1959
  12. Echinosoma denticulatum Hincks, 1959
  13. Echinosoma excisum Bey-Bienko, 1970
  14. Echinosoma forbesi Kirby, 1891
  15. Echinosoma formosanum Hincks, 1959
  16. Echinosoma forsitan Steinmann, 1986
  17. Echinosoma fuscum Borelli, 1907
  18. Echinosoma garoense Biswas, Lahiri & Ghosh, 1974
  19. Echinosoma grossum Brindle, 1973
  20. Echinosoma hebardi Hincks, 1957
  21. Echinosoma horridum Dohrn, 1862
  22. Echinosoma insulanum Karsch, 1885
  23. Echinosoma komodense Bey-Bienko, 1970
  24. Echinosoma micropteryx Günther, 1929
  25. Echinosoma occidentale de Bormans, 1893
  26. Echinosoma pallidicolle Hincks, 1959
  27. Echinosoma parvulum Dohrn, 1862
  28. Echinosoma philippinense Hincks, 1959
  29. Echinosoma roseiventre Kamimura & Nishikawa, 2016
  30. Echinosoma rufomarginatum Borelli, 1931
  31. Echinosoma sarawacense Hincks, 1959
  32. Echinosoma setulosum Hincks, 1959
  33. Echinosoma sumatranum (Haan, 1842)
  34. Echinosoma tigrina Brindle, 1967
  35. Echinosoma trilineatum Borelli, 1921
  36. Echinosoma wahlbergi Dohrn, 1862
  37. Echinosoma yorkense Dohrn, 1869

Genus Parapsalis

Authority: Borelli, 1921

  1. Parapsalis infernalis (Burr, 1913)
  2. Parapsalis laevis Borelli, 1921 - type species

Notes and References

  1. Audinet-Serville 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthopteres 34.
  2. http://dermaptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1181271 Dermaptera Species File