Earwigs of Venezuela
In the context of the Peruvian earwig fauna, the literature on Venezuela proved particularly helpfull, since it is rather new and contains many well-documented identification keys. The latter is lacking for Peru, yet. Click here to get more information on Peruvian Dermaptera ...
Bormans A de (1893) Forficulidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, I: 1-12.
Briceno RD (1992) Efecto geografico en la diversidad y en la distribucion de especies del Orden Dermaptera en el Continente Americano.
[Geographic effect of the species diversity and distribution of the order Dermaptera in the American continent]. Brenesia, 38 (0): 71-75.
Brindle A (1968) Dermaptera from Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 6 (1): 82-98.
Brindle A (1973) Dermaptera from Venezuela. Part I. Ancistrogastrinae (Forficulidae). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia (Maracay), 7 (1): 47-54.
Brindle A (1974) Dermaptera from Venezuela. Part II. Diplatyidae and Labiidae (Geracinae). Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia (Maracay), 8 (1): 107-125.
Brindle A (1977) Dermaptera of Venezuela. Pygidicranidae and Labiidae (except Geracinae) Part 3.. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia, 9 (3): 109-131.
Brindle A (1982) Dermaptera from Venezuela. Part 4. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana, NS, 2 (4): 33-44.
Reichardt H (1968) Catalogue of new world Dermaptera (Insecta). Part I Introduction and Pygidicranoidea. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 21: 183-193. (NO ID KEYS)
Cermeli L M (1983) Preliminary list of insects feeding on aphids in Venezuela. Agronomia Tropical, 33 (1/6): 535-542.
Reichardt H (1968) Catalogue of new world Dermaptera (Insecta). Part II Labioides, Carcinophoridae. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 22: 35-46. (NO ID KEYS)
Reichardt H (1970) Catalogue of new world Dermaptera (Insecta). Part III Labioidea, Labiidae. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 23: 83-109. (NO ID KEYS)
Reichardt H (1971) Catalogue of new world Dermaptera (Insecta). Part IV Forficuloidea. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 24: 161-184. (NO ID KEYS)
Steinmann H (1979) A new species of earwig (Dermaptera, Labiidae) from Venezuela. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 115 (0): 9-10.
Steinmann H (1980) A new species of earwig (Dermaptera: Labiidae) from Venezuela. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 115 (Jan-Apr): 9-10.
Steinmann H (1987) Dermaptera of Venezuela. Decu V Orghidan T Dancau D Bordon C Linares O Urbani F Tronchoni J and Bosque C [Eds] Fauna hipogea y hemiedafica de Venezuela y de otros paises de America del Sur Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucarest, 1987: Chapter pagination 165-172.
Steinmann H (1987) Isolabis frater, a new species (Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae) from Venezuela. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 78: 71-72.
Detailed information on the earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.| Family | Subfamily | Species (links connect to my photo pages) | Author | Common name(s) & Notes | |
| 1 | Anisolabididae | Carcinophorinae | Anisolabis antennata | (Ramamurthi & David, 1973) | |
| 2 | Carcinophora americana | PalisotdeBeauvois, 1817 | |||
| 3 | Carcinophora festiva | (Burr, 1910) | |||
| 4 | Carcinophora venezuelica | Brindle, 1968 | |||
| 5 | Euborellia annulipes | (Lucas, 1847) | |||
| 6 | Euborellia antoni | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 7 | Forficulidae | Ancistrogastrinae | Ancistrogaster maculifera | (Dohrn, 1865) | |
| 8 | Ancistrogaster scabiosa | Steinmann, 1982 | |||
| 9 | Ancistrogaster variegata | (Dohrn, 1865) | |||
| 10 | Osteulcus kervillei | (Burr, 1905) | |||
| 11 | Praos intermedius | (Burr, 1900) | |||
| 12 | Cosmiellinae | Cosmiella decui | (Steinmann, 1987) | ||
| 13 | Hypocosmiella venezuelica | (Brindle, 1973) | |||
| 14 | Kleter americanus | (Bormans, 1893) | |||
| 15 | Kleter aterrimus | (Bormans, 1883) | |||
| 16 | Kleter rehni | (Burr, 1907) | |||
| 17 | Mixocosmia variabilis | (Brindle, 1973) | |||
| 18 | Forficulinae | Doru beybienkoi | Steinmann, 1979 | ||
| 19 | Doru gracilis | (Burmeister, 1838) | |||
| 20 | Doru leucopteryx | Burr, 1912 | |||
| 21 | Doru lineare | (Eschscholtz, 1822) | |||
| 22 | Doru taeniatum | (Dohrn, 1862) | |||
| 23 | Doru unicolor | Brindle, 1971 | |||
| 24 | Labiduridae | Labidurinae | Labidura riparia | (Pallas, 1773) | |
| 25 | Pygidicranidae | Cylindrogastrinae | Cylindrogaster yepezi | Brindle, 1974 | |
| 26 | Pygidicraninae | Pygidicrana quinquenodosa | Brindle, 1977 | ||
| 27 | Pygidicrana trinodosa | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 28 | Pyragrinae | Pyragra fuscata | Audinet-Serville, 1831 | ||
| 29 | Pyragra nigrescens | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 30 | Spongiphoridae | Cosmogeracinae | Cosmogerax araguensis | (Brindle, 1974) | |
| 31 | Cosmogerax diagonale | Brindle, 1982 | |||
| 32 | Cosmogerax formica | (Burr, 1911) | |||
| 33 | Cosmogerax guatemalensis | (Brindle, 1973) | |||
| 34 | Geracinae | Barygerax transversale | Brindle, 1974 | ||
| 35 | Barygerax venezuelicum | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 36 | Eugerax clavijoi | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 37 | Eugerax nigritum | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 38 | Eugerax poecilium | Hebard, 1917 | |||
| 39 | Eugerax salcedoi | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 40 | Eugerax semiapterum | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 41 | Gerax fuscum | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 42 | Gerax lucidum | Brindle, 1974 | |||
| 43 | Yepezia venezuelica | Brindle, 1982 | |||
| 44 | Labiinae | Circolabia arcuata | (Scudder, 1876) | ||
| 45 | Paralabella chopardi | (Hebard, 1920) | |||
| 46 | Paralabella curvicauda | (Motschulsky, 1863) | |||
| 47 | Paralabella dorsalis | (Burmeister, 1838) | |||
| 48 | Paralabella stigma | (Dohrn, 1867) | |||
| 49 | Sphingolabis gracilis | Burmeister, 18xx | |||
| 50 | Sparattinae | Mecomera chacoensis | (Borelli, 1912) | ||
| 51 | Sparatta biolleyi | Borelli, 1903 | |||
| 52 | Sparatta dentifera | Rehn, 1901 | |||
| 53 | Sparatta humilis | (Hebard, 1917) | |||
| 54 | Sparatta incerta | Borelli, 1905 | |||
| 55 | Sparatta nigrina | Stal, 1855 | |||
| 56 | Sparatta rehni | (Hebard, 1929) | |||
| 57 | Sparatta singularis | Steinmann, 1987 | |||
| 58 | Sparatta spiculifera | (Brindle, 1977) | |||
| 59 | Spongiphorinae | Marava arachidis | (Yersin, 1860) | ||
| 60 | Marava bidentata | Brindle, 1971 | |||
| 61 | Marava championi | (Bormans, 1893) | |||
| 62 | Marava chapmani | Steinmann, 1979 | |||
| 63 | Marava emarginata | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 64 | Marava grata | Steinmann, 1985 | |||
| 65 | Marava minuscula | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 66 | Marava parva | (Burr, 1912) | |||
| 67 | Marava venezuelica | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 68 | Purex brunneri | (Bormans, 1903) | |||
| 69 | Purex esquivalae | Brindle, 1968 | |||
| 70 | Purex frontalis | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 71 | Purex pulchellus | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 72 | Purex remotus | (Burr, 1899) | |||
| 73 | Purex sinuatus | Brindle, 1971 | |||
| 74 | Purex versicolor | (Bormans, 1883) | |||
| 75 | Spongiphora croceipennis | Audinet-Serville, 1831 | |||
| 76 | Spongovostox alter | Burr, 1912 | |||
| 77 | Spongovostox flavostriatus | Brindle, 1982 | |||
| 78 | Spongovostox ghilianii | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 79 | Spongovostox pygmaeus | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 80 | Spongovostox schwarzi | (Caudell, 1907) | |||
| 81 | Vostox brunneipennis | (Audinet-Serville, 1839) | |||
| 82 | Vostox carinatus | Brindle, 1977 | |||
| 83 | Vostox recurrens | (Burr, 1912) | |||
| 84 | Strongylopsalinae | Strongylopsalis dimidiata | Brindle, 1977 | ||
| 85 | Strongylopsalis flava | Steinmann, 1987 |