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Detailed information on the earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.
| Family | Subfamily | Species | Author | Notes and Common names | |
| 1 | Anisolabididae | Brachylabinae | Brachylabis carinata | (Brindle, 1978) | RMCA, Type |
| 2 | Metisolabis submetallica | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 3 | Carcinophorinae | Anisolabis caesarea | (Zacher, 1911) | ||
| 4 | Anisolabis duplicata | Steinmann, 1989 | |||
| 5 | Anisolabis incisiodes | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| add::128 | Anisolabis infelix | Burr, 1907 | RMCA specimen | ||
| 6 | Anisolabis maritima | (Bonelli,1832) | RMCA | ||
| 7 | Anisolabis pagana | Burr, 1915 | |||
| 8 | Anisolabis porrectella | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 9 | Anisolabis punctulata | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 10 | Anisolabis quarens | Burr, 1915 | |||
| 11 | Anisolabis rostrata | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 12 | Anisolabis straeleni | (Hincks, 1955) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 13 | Euborellia annulipes | (Lucas, 1847) | RMCA | ||
| 14 | Euborellia cincticollis | (Gerstaecker, 1883) | RMCA | ||
| 15 | Euborellia compressa | (Borelli,1907) | RMCA | ||
| 16 | Euborellia dimidiata | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 17 | Euborellia feae | (Borelli, 1907) | RMCA | ||
| 18 | Euborellia fulviceps | Borelli, 1921 | RMCA | ||
| 19 | Euborellia ituriensis | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 20 | Euborellia purpurea | (Borelli, 1921) | |||
| 21 | Euborellia vanderbilti | Rehn, 1936 | RMCA | ||
| 22 | Flexiolabis uncinata | (Brindle, 1978) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 23 | Gonolabis sinuata | (Brindle, 1978) | RMCA | ||
| 24 | Isolabiinae | Africolabis humicola | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | |
| 25 | Africolabis pseudohumicola | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 26 | Geracodes labioides | Hincks, 1952 | |||
| 27 | Isolabis braueri | Verhoeff, 1902 | RMCA | ||
| 28 | Isolabis proxima | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 29 | Isolabis quadrata | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 30 | Isolabis schoutedeni | Hincks, 1954 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 31 | Isolabis transversa | Brindle, 1978 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 32 | Pterolabis villiersi | (Brindle, 1968) | |||
| 33 | Apachyidae | Apachyinae | Apachyus depressus | (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | RMCA |
| 34 | Apachyus reichardi | Karsch, 1886 | RMCA | ||
| 35 | Chelisochidae | Chelisochinae | Chelisoches flavipennis | (Fabricius, 1793) | RMCA |
| 36 | Euenkrates variegatum | (Kirby, 1891) | RMCA | ||
| 37 | Diplatyidae | Diplatyinae | Diplatys aethiops | Burr, 1904 | RMCA |
| 38 | Diplatys fella | Burr, 1911 | RMCA | ||
| 39 | Diplatys macrocephalus | Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 | RMCA | ||
| 40 | Diplatys rehni | Hincks, 1955 | |||
| 41 | Haplodiplatys basilewskyi | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 42 | Haplodiplatys kivuensis | (Hincks, 1951) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 43 | Lobodiplatys burri | (Hincks, 1936) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 44 | Lobodiplatys coriaceus | (Kirby, 1891) | RMCA | ||
| 45 | Lobodiplatys schoudeteni | (Hincks, 1937) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 46 | Schizodiplatys feae | (Borelli, 1907) | RMCA | ||
| 47 | Forficulidae | Cosmiellinae | Cosmiella adolfi | (Burr, 1909) | RMCA |
| 48 | Cosmiella intermedia | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 49 | Cosmiella minima | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 50 | Diapersticinae | Diaperasticus bonchampsi | (Burr, 1904) | RMCA | |
| 51 | Diaperasticus erythrocephalus | (Olivier, 1791) | RMCA | ||
| 52 | Diaperasticus sansibaricus | (Karsch, 1886) | RMCA | ||
| 53 | Diaperasticus wittei | Hincks, 1955 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 54 | Forficulinae | Forficula auricularia | Linnaeus, 1758 | Cosmopolitan, RMCA | |
| 55 | Forficula brolemanni | Borelli, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 56 | Forficula cavallii | (Borelli, 1906) | RMCA | ||
| 57 | Forficula senegalensis | Audinet-Serville, 1839 | RMCA | ||
| 58 | Guanchia bituberculata | (Brindle, 1966) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 59 | Guanchia sjoestedti | (Burr, 1907) | RMCA | ||
| 60 | Opisthocosminae | Cordax formosus | (Burr, 1905) | RMCA | |
| 61 | Hypurgus micheli | (Burr, 1904) | RMCA | ||
| 62 | Hypurgus ova | (Bormans, 1883) | RMCA | ||
| 63 | Hypurgus poecilocerus | (Borg, 1904) | |||
| 64 | Hypurgus sangus | (Rehn, 1936) | |||
| 65 | Hemimeridae | Hemimerinae | Hemimerus bouvieri | Chopard, 1934 | RMCA |
| 66 | Hemimerus hanseni | Sharp, 1895 | RMCA | ||
| 67 | Hemimerus vosseleri | Rehn & Rehn, 1936 | |||
| 68 | Karschiellidae | Karschiellinae | Bormansia africana | Verhoeff, 1902 | RMCA |
| 69 | Bormansia meridionalis | Burr, 1904 | |||
| 70 | Bormansia monardi | Menozzi, 1937 | RMCA | ||
| 71 | Bormansia proxima | Hincks, 1959 | RMCA | ||
| 72 | Karschiella buettneri | (Karsch, 1886) | RMCA | ||
| 73 | Karschiella camerunensis | Verhoeff, 1902 | |||
| 74 | Karschiella neavei | Burr, 1909 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 75 | Labiduridae | Labidurinae | Forcipula congo | Burr, 1900 | RMCA |
| 76 | Forcipula gariazzi | Borelli, 1900 | RMCA | ||
| 77 | Labidura riparia | (Pallas, 1773) | Cosmopolitan, RMCA | ||
| 78 | Nalinae | Nala caprea | Menozzi, 1929 | RMCA | |
| 79 | Nala lividipes | (Dufour, 1828) | Cosmopolitan, RMCA | ||
| 80 | Nala saegeri | Brindle, 1968 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 81 | Pygidicranidae | Echinosomatinae | Echinosoma afrum | (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | RMCA |
| 82 | Echinosoma concolor | Borelli, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 83 | Echinosoma congolense | Borelli, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 84 | Echinosoma fuscum | Borelli, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 85 | Echinosoma grossum | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 86 | Echinosoma occidentale | Bormans, 1893 | RMCA | ||
| 87 | Echinosoma wahlbergi | Dohrn, 1863 | RMCA | ||
| 88 | Pygidicraninae | Dacnodes acutangula | Hincks, 1955 | RMCA | |
| 89 | Dacnodes biaffra | (Bormans, 1903) | |||
| 90 | Dacnodes burri | (Hincks, 1939) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 91 | Dacnodes phoenix | (Zacher, 1911) | |||
| 92 | Dacnodes separata | (Burr, 1908) | RMCA | ||
| 93 | Dacnodes wigginsi | (Burr, 1914) | RMCA | ||
| 94 | Spongiphoridae | Geracinae | Pseudovostox africanus | (Brindle, 1986) | RMCA, Type |
| 95 | Pseudovostox afrum | Menozzi, 1935 | RMCA | ||
| 96 | Pseudovostox unicolor | Brindle, 1970 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 97 | Labiinae | Chaetolabia montana | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA, Type | |
| 98 | Chaetolabia parabola | Steinmann, 1985 | |||
| 99 | Labia minor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Cosmopolitan, RMCA | ||
| 100 | Paralabella borellii | (Burr, 1908) | RMCA | ||
| 101 | Paralabella curvicauda | (Motschulsky, 1863) | RMCA | ||
| 102 | Sparattinae | Chaetospania kivuensis | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA | |
| 103 | Chaetospania paederina | (Gerstaecker, 1883) | RMCA | ||
| 104 | Chaetospania pauliani | Hincks, 1948 | |||
| 105 | Chaetospania rodens | Burr, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 106 | Chaetospania ugandana | Borelli, 1907 | RMCA | ||
| 107 | Spongiphorinae | Marava arachidis | (Yersin, 1860) | Cosmopolitan, RMCA | |
| 108 | Spongovostox aloysiisabaudiae | (Borelli, 1906) | RMCA | ||
| 109 | Spongovostox asper | Menozzi, 1935 | RMCA | ||
| 110 | Spongovostox assiniensis | (Bormans, 1893) | RMCA | ||
| 111 | Spongovostox basilewskyi | Hincks, 1954 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 112 | Spongovostox burgeoni | Borelli, 1923 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 113 | Spongovostox ferrugineus | (Borelli, 1907) | RMCA | ||
| 114 | Spongovostox flavohumeralis | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 115 | Spongovostox gestroi | (Burr, 1909) | RMCA | ||
| 116 | Spongovostox marginalis | (Thunberg, 1827) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 117 | Spongovostox oweni | (Burr, 1911) | RMCA | ||
| 118 | Spongovostox quadrimaculatus | (Stal, 1855) | RMCA | ||
| 119 | Spongovostox rubescens | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 120 | Spongovostox schlaeferi | Burr, 1911 | RMCA | ||
| 121 | Spongovostox schoutedeni | Borelli, 1923 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 122 | Spongovostox testaceus | (Borelli, 1923) | RMCA, Type | ||
| 123 | Spongovostox tripunctatus | (Borelli, 1907) | RMCA | ||
| 124 | Spongovostox trituberculatus | Brindle, 1973 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 125 | Vandex hincksi | Brindle, 1966 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 126 | Vandex leleupi | Brindle, 1966 | RMCA, Type | ||
| 127 | Vandex schubotzi | (Burr, 1909) | RMCA |