List of Dermapterans of Sri Lanka explained

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still is counting.

The following list provides the earwigs currently identified from Sri Lanka.

Earwig

The exact diversity and their biology is well studied within Sri Lanka due to major contributions by Malcolm Burr in 1901, Alan Brindle in 1977 and G.K. Srivastava in 1989-2013. According to a checklist by Steinmann in 1989, 71 species of earwigs may be found in Sri Lanka,[1] distributed between 11 families and 21 genera.[2] [3]

Family Anisolabididae

Family Apachyidae

Family Chelisochidae

Family Diplatyidae

Family Forficulidae

Family Labiduridae

Family Pygidicranidae

Family Spongiphoridae

See also

Notes and References

  1. History of Insect Collection and a Review of Insect Diversity in Sri Lanka . Wijesekara, Anura . Wijesinghe, D.P . 59. 10.1.1.379.2411.
  2. Web site: Checklist of Dermaptera . insectoid.info . 7 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Dermaptera (Insecta), identified by A. Brindle and preserved in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (Sofia) . Historia naturalis bulgarica . 7 June 2016 . Beron, Petar.