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





  1. ^ 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}


  2. ^ "Checklist of Dermaptera". insectoid.info. Retrieved 7 June 2016.


  3. ^ 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.









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