List of Dermapterans of Sri Lanka
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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.
Contents
1 Earwig
1.1 Family Anisolabididae
1.2 Family Apachyidae
1.3 Family Apataniidae
1.4 Family Chelisochidae
1.5 Family Diplatyidae
1.6 Family Forficulidae
1.7 Family Labiduridae
1.8 Family Pygidicranidae
1.9 Family Spongiphoridae
2 See also
3 References
Earwig
The exact diversity and their biology is well studied within Sri Lanka due to major contributions by Malcolm Burr in 1901 and Alan Brindle in 1977. 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
- Anisolabis greeni
- Anisolabis kelangi
- Anisolabis kudagae
- Epilandex burri
- Euborellia annulipes
- Euborellia stali
- Gonolabis electa
- Geracodes brincki
- Platylabia major
Family Apachyidae
- Dendroiketes corticinus
Family Apataniidae
- Apsilochorema diffine
Family Chelisochidae
- Chelisoches morio
Family Diplatyidae
- Diplatys fletcheri
- Diplatys greeni
- Diplatys incisus
- Diplatys porpinquus
- Schizodiplatys malayanus
Family Forficulidae
- Cordax ceylonicus
- Forficula auricularia
- Hypurgus humeralis
- Obelura dohertyi
Family Labiduridae
- Labidura japonica
- Labidura riparia
- Nala lividipes
Family Pygidicranidae
- Cranopygia nietneri
- Cranopygia parva
- Cranopygia pluto
- Echinosoma parvulum
- Echinosoma trilineatum
- Epicranopygia picta
Family Spongiphoridae
- Chaetospania anderssoni
- Chaetospania foliata
- Chaetospania thoracica
- Irdex ceylonensis
- Labia curvicauda
- Labia minor
- Paralabella curvicauda
- Parabella fruehstorferi
- Spirolabia pilicornis
- Paralabella rehni
- Paralabellula rotundifrons
- Spongovostox mucronatus
- Spongovostox semiflavus
- Spongovostox tripunctatus
- Syntonus neolobophoroides
See also
- List of Dermapterans of Australia
References
^ Wijesekara, Anura; Wijesinghe, D.P. "HISTORY OF INSECT COLLECTION AND A REVIEW OF INSECT DIVERSITY IN SRI LANKA". Ceylon Journal of Science. p. 59. Retrieved 6 June 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Checklist of Dermaptera". insectoid.info. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^ Beron, Petar. "Dermaptera (Insecta), identified by A. Brindle and preserved in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History (Sofia)" (PDF). Historia naturalis bulgarica. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
