Opisthocosmiinae

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Opisthocosmiinae
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Opisthocosmia sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Opisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902

Opisthocosmiinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are more than 100 described species in Opisthocosmiinae, recorded especially from Asia and the Americas. [1] [2]

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Timomenus komarowi

Genera

These 18 genera belong to the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae:

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References

  1. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "subfamily Opisthocosmiinae 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.

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