Xeniaria

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Xeniaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Arixeniina
Family: Arixeniidae
Genus:Xeniaria
Maa, 1974 [1]
Species [1]

3; see text

Xeniaria is a genus of earwigs in the family Arixeniidae.

Earwig order of insects

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings, hence the scientific order name, "skin wings". Some groups are tiny parasites on mammals and lack the typical pincers. Earwigs are found on all continents except Antarctica.

Arixeniidae family of insects

Arixeniidae is a family of earwigs; it is the only family in the suborder Arixeniina. The other three suborders are Archidermaptera, which is extinct, Forficulina, the largest of the four, and Hemimerina. Arixeniidae is represented by two genera, Arixenia and Xeniaria with a total of five species in them: Arixenia esau, and Xeniaria jacobsoni being the most well-known. As with Hemimerina, they are blind, wingless ectoparasites with filiform segmented cerci. They are ectoparasites of various Southeast Asian bats, particularly of the genus Cheiromeles.

Species

The genus includes the following three species:

Xeniaria bicornis is a species of earwigs, in the genus Xeniaria, family Arixeniidae, the suborder Arixeniina, and the order Dermaptera. It is one of three species in the genus Xeniaria.

Xeniaria jacobsoni is a species of earwigs, in the genus Xeniaria, family Arixeniidae, the suborder Arixeniina, and the order Dermaptera. It is one of three genera in the genus Xeniaria.

Xeniaria truncata is a species of earwigs, in the genus Xeniaria, family Arixeniidae, the suborder Arixeniina, and the order Dermaptera. It is one of three genera in the genus Xeniaria.

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Archidermapteron martynovi is an extinct species of earwig, in the genus Archidermapteron, family Protodiplatyidae, the suborder Archidermaptera, the order Dermaptera, and is the only species in the genus Archidermapteron, which simply means "ancient member of the Dermaptera". It had long, segmented cerci unlike modern species of Dermaptera, but tegmina and hind wings that folded up into a "wing package" that are like modern earwigs. The only clear fossil of the species was found in Russia.

Anisolabididae family of insects

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Aborolabis is a genus of earwigs in the subfamily Anisolabidinae. It was cited by Srivastava in Part 2 of Fauna of India.

Isolaboides is a genus of earwigs, the sole member of the subfamily Isolaboidinae. It was cited by Srivastava in Part 2 of Fauna of India.

Placolabis is a genus of earwigs in the subfamily Anisolabidinae. It was cited by Srivastava in Part 2 of Fauna of India.

<i>Titanolabis</i> genus of insects

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Diplatyidae family of insects

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<i>Astreptolabis</i> genus of insects

Astreptolabis is an extinct genus of earwig in the Dermaptera family Pygidicranidae known from a Cretaceous fossil found in Burma. The genus contains a single described species, Astreptolabis ethirosomatia and is the sole member of the subfamily Astreptolabidinae.

<i>Tytthodiplatys</i> genus of insects

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Zigrasolabis is an extinct genus of earwig in the family Labiduridae known from Cretaceous fossils found in Myanmar. The genus contains a single described species, Zigrasolabis speciosa.

Toxolabis is an extinct genus of earwig in the dermapteran family Anisolabididae known from a Cretaceous fossil found in Burma. The genus contains a single described species, Toxolabis zigrasi.

Polyneoptera

The cohort Polyneoptera is probably the most appropriate taxonomic ranking for commonly-used terms such as Orthopteroid insects: namely the orders similar to the Orthoptera. They are all winged insects (Pterygota), derived from ancestors that evolved to fold their wings (Neoptera) and possess biting mouthparts, but undergo little or no metamorphosis.

References

  1. 1 2 Setsuko Nakata & T. C. Maa (1974). "A review of parasitic earwigs" (PDF). Pacific Insects . 16 (2–3): 307–374.