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Checklist for Family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 (Common Earwig)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs
11
27
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neodermaptera
Engel, 2003
11
27
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Epidermaptera
Engel, 2003
7
16
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Forficuloidea
Stephens, 1829
4
13
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyForficulidae
Stephens, 1829
Common Earwig, European Earwigs
5
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
5 Genera with 14 Species
Cordax Burr, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiella Hebard, 19733SpeciesTaxom
Diaperasticus Burr, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Forficula Linnaeus, 18395SpeciesTaxom
Guanchia Burr, 19072SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
14 Species
Cordax bifurcatus Brindle, 1970
Cosmiella adolfi Burr, 1909
Cosmiella bilobata Brindle, 1973
Cosmiella pygidiata Brindle, 1973
Diaperasticus bonchampsi Burr, 1904
Diaperasticus erythrocephalus Olivier, 1791
Diaperasticus sansibaricus Karsch, 1886
Forficula auricularia Carolus Linn..., 1758Common earwig
Forficula beelzebub Burr, 1900
Forficula cavallii Borelli, 1906
Forficula lucasi Dohrn, 1865
Forficula senegalensis AudinetServille, 1839
Guanchia rehni Burr, 1952
Guanchia sjoestedti Burr, 1907

Subnodes of Forficulidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyDiaperasticinae
Burr, 1907
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForficulinae
Stephens, 1829
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOpisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySkendylinae
Steinmann, 1975
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Forficulidae at artfakta.se
Forficulidae at dyntaxa.se
Forficulidae at gbif.org
Forficulidae at irmng.org
Forficulidae at itis.gov