Earwigs of Australia
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Detailed information on the earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.| Family | Subfamily | Species (links refer to my photo pages) | Author | Common name(s) & Notes | |
| 1 | Anisolabididae | Antisolabiinae | Antisolabis gisleni | (Hincks, 1954) | |
| 2 | Antisolabis holdhausi | (Burr, 1910) | |||
| 3 | Antisolabis notonoma | Hincks, 1952 | |||
| 4 | Brachylabidinae | Metisolabis punctata | (Dubrony, 1879) | ||
| 5 | Carcinophorinae | Anisolabis australis | Tindale, 1923 | ||
| 6 | Anisolabis dohrni | (Kirby, 1891) | |||
| 7 | Anisolabis flavocapitata | Steinmann, 1979 | |||
| 8 | Anisolabis littorea | (White, 1846) | |||
| 9 | Anisolabis maritima | (Bonelli, 1832) | Maritime Earwig, Seaside Earwig | ||
| 10 | Anisolabis nigrofusca | Steinmann, 1979 | |||
| 11 | Anisolabis pacifica | (Erichson, 1842) | |||
| 12 | Anisolabis subarmata | (Kirby, 1900) | |||
| 13 | Anisolabis westralica | Burr, 1911 | |||
| 14 | Carcinophora occidentalis | (Kirby, 1896) | |||
| 15 | Carcinophora venusta | Steinmann, 1989 | my addition | ||
| 16 | Euborellia annulipes | (Lucas, 1847) | Ring-Legged Earwig | ||
| 17 | Euborellia brunneri | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 18 | Euborellia jeekeli | Srivastava, 1985 | |||
| 19 | Gonolabis dentata | Steinmann, 1981 | |||
| 20 | Gonolabis electa | Burr, 1910 | |||
| 21 | Gonolabis forcipata | Burr, 1908 | |||
| 22 | Gonolabis gilesi | Steinmann, 1981 | |||
| 23 | Gonolabis rossi | Brindle, 1987 | |||
| 24 | Gonolabis tasmanica | (Bormans, 1880) | |||
| 25 | Gonolabis woodwardi | Burr, 1908 | |||
| 26 | Titanolabis bormansi | Srivastava, 1983 | |||
| 27 | Titanolabis centaurea | Steinmann, 1985 | |||
| 28 | Titanolabis colossea | (Dohrn, 1864) | Giant Earwig | ||
| 29 | Titanolabis gigas | Steinmann, 1989 | |||
| 30 | Zacheria dentata | (Burr, 1908) | |||
| 31 | Isolabidinae | Isolabis cavagnaroi | Brindle, 1987 | ||
| 32 | Parisolabidinae | Parisopsalis spryi | Burr, 1914 | ||
| 33 | Apachyidae | Apachyinae | Apachyus athertonensis | Mjöberg, 1924 | |
| Apachyus beccarii | Dubrony, 1879 | my addition, however, the specimen on which this record is based is probably an Apachyus peterseni | |||
| 34 | Apachyus peterseni | Borelli, 1925 | |||
| 35 | Apachyus queenslandicus | Mjöberg, 1924 | |||
| 36 | Chelisochidae | Chelisochinae | Chelisoches ater | (Bormans, 1879) | |
| 37 | Chelisoches australicus | (Le Guillou, 1841) | |||
| 38 | Chelisoches handschini | Günther, 1934 | |||
| 39 | Chelisoches kimberleyensis | Mjöberg, 1913 | |||
| 40 | Chelisoches morio | (Fabricius, 1775) | |||
| 41 | Hamaxas feae | (Bormans, 1894) | |||
| 42 | Hamaxas nigrorufus | (Burr, 1902) | |||
| 43 | Lamprophorella kervillei | (Burr, 1905) | |||
| 44 | Proreus duroides | Hebard, 1933 | |||
| 45 | Forficulidae | Forficulinae | Doru spiculiferum | (Kirby, 1891) | |
| 46 | Elaunon bipartitus | (Kirby, 1891) | |||
| 47 | Forficula auricularia | Linnaeus, 1758 | European Earwig | ||
| 48 | Forficula vilmi | Steinmann, 1989 | |||
| Opisthocosmiinae | Eparchus insignis | (de Haan, 1842) | my addition, on p.107 of Burr (1912) you read: 2.insignis [...] "Adelaide: male female 1875 (Mason) (? richtiger Fundort)" '?richtiger Fundort' means '?right location'. | ||
| 49 | Syntonus venus | Steinmann, 1993 | |||
| 50 | Labiduridae | Allostethinae | Gonolabidura meteor | Steinmann, 1985 | |
| 51 | Labidurinae | Labidura riparia | (Pallas, 1773) | Common Brown Earwig | |
| 52 | Labidura truncata | Kirby, 1903 | Common Brown Earwig
sometimes considered as synonym of Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773) |
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| 53 | Nalinae | Nala lividipes | (Dufour, 1820) | Black Field Earwig | |
| 54 | Pygidicranidae | Blandicinae | Austroblandex bituberculatus | Brindle, 1987 | |
| 55 | Brindlensiinae | Brindlensia jeekeli | Srivastava, 1985 | ||
| 56 | Echinosomatinae | Echinosoma sumatranum | (de Haan, 1842) | ||
| 57 | Echinosoma yorkense | Dohrn, 1869 | |||
| 58 | Pygidicraninae | Cranopygia daemeli | (Dohrn, 1869) | ||
| 59 | Cranopygia lueddemanni | Srivastava, 1984 | |||
| 60 | Cranopygia ophthalmica | (Dohrn, 1863) | |||
| 61 | Dacnodes hackeri | (Burr, 1914) | |||
| 62 | Dacnodes shortridgei | (Burr, 1914) | |||
| 63 | Spongiphoridae | Labiinae | Labia minor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| 64 | Paralabella curvicauda | (Motschulsky, 1863) | |||
| 65 | Paralabella murrayi | (Kirby, 1900) | |||
| 66 | Paraspania australiana | (Mjöberg, 1913) | |||
| 67 | Paraspania brunneri | (Bormans, 1883) | |||
| 68 | Paraspania discors | Steinmann, 1985 | |||
| 69 | Paraspania pygmaea | (Mjöberg, 1924) | |||
| 70 | Paraspania torpeo | Steinmann, 1990 | |||
| 71 | Spirolabia pilicornis | (Motschulsky, 1863) | |||
| 72 | Nesogastrinae | Nesogaster amoena | (Stål, 1855) | ||
| 73 | Nesogaster halli | Hincks, 1949 | |||
| 74 | Nesogaster rehni | Hincks, 1951 | |||
| 75 | Nesogaster ruficeps | (Erichson, 1842) | |||
| 76 | Sparattinae | Auchenomus bifurcus | Steinmann, 1984 | ||
| 77 | Chaetospania australica | (Bormans, 1883) | |||
| 78 | Chaetospania mjoebergi | Brindle, 1971 | |||
| 79 | Spongiphorinae | Irdex hilaris | (Bormans, 1900) | ||
| 80 | Irdex unicolor | Steinmann, 1985 | |||
| 81 | Marava arachidis | (Yersin, 1860) | Chief Earwig, Bone-House Earwig | ||
| 82 | Marava feae | (Dubrony, 1879) | |||
| 83 | Marava luzonica | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| Marava tricolor | (Kirby, 1891) | my addition, but a doubtful record | |||
| 84 | Spongovostox doddi | (Burr, 1914) | |||
| 85 | Spongovostox hackeri | (Burr, 1914) | |||
| 86 | Spongovostox nigroflavidus | (Rehn, 1905) | |||
| 87 | Spongovostox subapterus | (Kirby, 1891) | |||
| 88 | Spongovostox victoriae | (Burr, 1914) |