Ancistrogastrinae

Ancistrogastrinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Forficuloidea
Family:	Forficulidae
Subfamily:	Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902

Ancistrogastrinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Ancistrogastrinae. ^{[1] [2]}

Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Ancistrogastrinae:

• Ancistrogaster Stal, 1855
• Litocosmia Hebard, 1917
• Osteulcus Burr, 1907
• Paracosmia Borelli, 1909
• Praos Burr, 1907
• Sarcinatrix Rehn, 1903

References

1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
2. Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates (3567). American Museum of Natural History: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/5858 . S2CID   85642033.

Further reading

• Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. Bibcode:2005SysEn..30..442J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN   0307-6970. S2CID   85718043.
• Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN   978-0-7923-0096-0.