- Source: List of Dermapterans of Sri Lanka
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.
Earwig
The exact diversity and their biology is well studied within Sri Lanka due to major contributions by Malcolm Burr in 1901, Alan Brindle in 1977 and G.K. Srivastava in 1989-2013. According to a checklist by Steinmann in 1989, 71 species of earwigs may be found in Sri Lanka, distributed between 11 families and 21 genera.
= Family Anisolabididae
=Anisolabis greeni
Anisolabis kudagae
Antisolabis kelangi (=Geracodes brincki)
Epilandex bazyluki (proposed synonymy with Epilandex burri)
Euborellia annulipes
Euborellia stali
Gonolabis electa
Platylabia major
= Family Apachyidae
=Dendroiketes corticinus
= Family Chelisochidae
=Chelisoches morio
Schizoproreus delicatulus (=Hamaxas delicatulus)
= Family Diplatyidae
=Diplatys fletcheri
Diplatys greeni
Diplatys incisus
Diplatys porpinquus
Schizodiplatys malayanus
= Family Forficulidae
=Cordax ceylonicus
Elaunon bipartitus
Eparchus insignis
Hypurgus humeralis
Obelura tamul
Syntonus neolobophoroides (=Obelura neolobophoroides)
= Family Labiduridae
=Labidura japonica
Labidura riparia
Nala lividipes
= Family Pygidicranidae
=Acrania picta (=Epicranopygia picta)
Cranopygia nietneri
Cranopygia parva
Cranopygia pluto
Echinosoma parvulum
Echinosoma trilineatum
= Family Spongiphoridae
=Chaetospania anderssoni
Chaetospania foliata
Chaetospania thoracica
Irdex ceylonensis (=Apovostox ceylonensis)
Labia curvicauda
Labia minor
Paralabella curvicauda (=Circolabia curvicauda)
Paralabella fruehstorferi (=Circolabia fruehstorferi)
Paralabella rehni (=Circolabia rehni)
Paralabella rotundifrons (=Circolabia rotundifrons)
Spirolabia pillicornis (=Circolabia pillicornis)
Spongovostox mucronatus (=Paratages mucronatus)
Spongovostox semiflavus
Spongovostox tripunctatus
See also
List of Dermapterans of Australia
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Dermapterans of Sri Lanka
- List of Dermapterans of Australia
- Labidura riparia
- Forficula auricularia
