The Earwigs of Australia

Checklist of the 88 species occurring in Australia

Author: Fabian Haas

Literature on the Australian Earwig Faunas

Burr M (1912) Die Dermaptera des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien. Annalen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 26: 63-108.

Cassis G (1998) Dermaptera. Zoological Catalog of Australia, 23: 279-345.

Rentz DCF, Kevan DKMcE (1991) Dermaptera. Insects of Australia, 1: 360-368.

Srivastava GK (2003) On a collection of Dermaptera (Insecta) from Australia with the description of a new species. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 101 (1-2): 135-138.

Williams G (2002) A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review of the Invertebrates of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia (CERRA) World Heritage Area, and Adjacent Regions. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, 16: 1-208.

Further information on the Australian earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.

To retrieve all distribution records for Austrialia click here ...

The Australian Earwig Fauna was perfectly compiled by the AFD, the Australian Faunal Directory, so I used their species list, which is available as downloadable TXT and XLS files on their website.

Here is the checklist from the AFD site with modified systematics.

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)
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)

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