The Earwigs of DR CongoThe research was supported by EU's programme
Literature on DR Congo Earwigs (including the formerly used names Belgian Congo, Belgisch Kongo, Congo Belga, Congo Belge and Zaire)
Boeseman M (1954) The Dermaptera in the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam. Zoologische Verhandlingen, 21: 1-117
Borelli A (1900) Descrizione di una nuova Forficula del Congo. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 15 (381): 1-3.
Borelli A (1907) Ortotteri raccolti de leonardo Fea nell‘Africa occidentale. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Series 3; Volume 3: 345-390.
Borelli A (1923) Dermapteres du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 11 (4): 412-434.
Brindle A (1966) A new species of Forficula L. (Dermaptera, Forficulidae) from Africa. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 102: 147-149.
Brindle A (1966) A Revision of the Dermaptera of the Congo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine, LXXIII (1- 2): 40- 58.
Brindle A (1966) Dermaptera from Central and East Africa. II. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine, 74 (1- 2): 29- 49.
Brindle A (1967) A key to the Ethiopian genus Diaperasticus Burr (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Proceedings of the Royal entomological Society of London (B), 36: 147-152.
Brindle A (1968) Dermaptera. Parc national de la Garamba - Mission H de Saeger, 53 (2): 17-32.
Brindle A (1969) A key to the African species of the genus Chaetospania Karsch (Dermaptera, Labiiade). Proceedings of the Royal entomological Society of London (B), 38: 95-100.
Brindle A (1973) The Dermaptera of Africa. Pt I. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Series no 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 205: 335 pp.
Brindle A (1978) The Dermaptera of Africa. Pt II. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Series no 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 225: 1-204.
Burr M (1909) Diagnoses preliminaires d‘insectes nouveaux receuilles dans le Congo belge par le Dr. Sheffield Neave. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 53: 96.
Burr M (1911) Dermaptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf A. Friedrichs Herzog zu Mecklenburg Part, 3 (0): 455-460.
Chopard L (1934) Notes sur les Hemimerus du Musee du Congo Belge (Dermapteres: Hemimeridae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine, 26: 120-121.
Hincks WD (1938) Dermaptera. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Fascicule17: 3-16.
Hincks WD (1951) The Dermaptera of the Belgian Congo. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge Tervuren (Belgique) Sciences Zoologiques, Series 8; Volume 8: 1-50.
Hincks WD (1953) Dermaptera. Parc national Albert. I. Mission GF de Witte 1933-1935, 79 (1): 3-8.
Hincks WD (1954) Additions to the Belgian Congo Dermaptera. Annales du Musee du Congo belge Tervuren (Belgique) Sciences Zoologiques, 1: 387-389.
Hincks WD (1955) Mission GF de Witte en collaboration avec W Adam, A. Janssen, L. van Meel et R. Verheven (1946-1949). Dermaptera. Parc national de L‘Upemba, 35 (1): 3-15.
Menozzi C (1928) Dermapteres du Congo belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine, 16: 29-32.
Menozzi C (1930) Quelques Dermaptères de Libéria et du Congo Belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., XIX,1: 95-98.
Menozzi C (1935) Contributo alla conoscenza dei Dermatteri del Congo Belga. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine, 27: 15-32.
Rehn JAG (1924) The Dermaptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition, with a catalogue of the Belgian Congo Species. Bulletin of the American Natural History Museum, 49: 349-413.
Rehn JAG (1933) Some Dermaptera from Angola, Northern Rhodesia and Belgian Congo, with a description of a new species of Karschiella. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 59: 1-10.
Vanschuytbroeck P (1969) Catalogue des Dermaptera des collections entomologiques de l'Institut Royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin Inst r Sci nat Belge, 45, 41: 22 pp.
Further, detailed information on the Kenya 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 |
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