The Earwigs of Fiji

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Literature on the Fiji Earwig Fauna

Brindle A (1972) Insects of Micronesia. Dermaptera. Insects Micronesia, 5 (2): 97-171.

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.

Caudell AN (1927) Report on the Orthopteroid insects collected by the Fiji-New Zealand Expedition from the University of Iowa. Studies in Natural History Iowa University, 12 (3): 1-22.

Dohrn H (1864) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 25: 285-296.

Hebard M (1933) Dermaptera in the collection of the California Academy of Science. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 9 (3): 140-144.

Hincks WD (1938) The Dermaptera of Oceania. Journal of the FMS Museums, 18: 299-318.

Rehn JAG (1949) Dermaptera records from various pacific islands. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 74: 165-171.

Steinmann H (1981) The Dermaptera of the Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, København. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 42 (1): 173-192.

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

	Family	Subfamily	Species	Author	Notes and Common names
1	Anisolabididae	Antisolabiinae	Antisolabis fijica	Steinmann, 1989
2		Carcinophorinae	Anisolabis tegminata	Caudell, 1927
3			Euborellia annulipes	(Lucas, 1847)	Noted in Hincks (1938)
4			Titanolabis colossea	(Dohrn, 1864)
5	Chelisochidae	Chelisochinae	Chelisoches cheesmanae	Hincks, 1952	Unpublished specimens from the Bishop Museum, Hawaii
6			Chelisoches morio	(Fabricius, 1775)
7			Hamaxas nigrorufus	(Burr, 1902)	Unpublished specimens from the Bishop Museum, Hawaii
8	Spongiphoridae	Labiinae	Chaetolabia nebulosa	Steinmann, 1985
9			Chaetolabia stoneri	(Caudell, 1907)
10			Chaetolabia venusta	Steinmann, 1985
11			Sphingolabis auricoma	Rehn, 1949	The original description is the only source of infomation in the literature on this species. The female holotpe is in ANSP (online in 'ANSP Insect Type Collection')
12			Sphingolabis hawaiiensis	(Bormans, 1882)	Cited in Hincks (1938), original note by Hebard (1933)
13			Sphingolabis latro	Steinmann, 1990
14			Spirolabia solitaria	Steinmann, 1987
15		Nesogastrinae	Nesogaster gratiosus	Steinmann, 1990
16			Nesogaster magnus	Steinmann, 1990
17		Sparattinae	Auchenomus extractus	Steinmann, 1990
18			Chaetospania adolescens	Steinmann, 1988
19			Chaetospania mjoebergi	Brindle, 1971