Titanolabis Explained

Titanolabis is a genus of earwigs in the subfamily Titanolabidinae.^[1] Among its species is the Australian T. colossea, which at about 5cm (02inches) long is the largest certainly living species of earwig (the even larger Saint Helena earwig, Labidura herculeana, is generally considered extinct).^[2]

Species

• Titanolabis bormansi Srivastava, 1983
• Titanolabis centaurea Steinmann, 1985
• Titanolabis colossea (Dohrn, 1864)
• Titanolabis maindroni (Borelli, 1911)
• Titanolabis orientalis (Ramamurthi, 1968)

Notes and References

1. http://dermaptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1180469 Dermaptera Species File: Titanolabis
2. Book: Flindt, R. . Amazing Numbers in Biology . 2006 . Springer . 10 . 978-3-540-30146-2 .