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Chelisoches

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Chelisoches (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of earwigs in the family Chelisochidae. Species are from the Pacific Islands. C. morio has been introduced to California and Florida.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Chelisoches is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, California and Florida.

It is catalogued under topics including Chelisochidae, Dermaptera genera and Encyclopedia of Life ID different from Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

black earwig

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDermaptera
  5. FamilyChelisochidae
Observations1,050

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Family
Chelisochidae
Collections
AM
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
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Parent taxon
Chelisochidae
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Chelisoches morio 06328.jpg
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taxon name
Chelisoches
Commons category
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Encyclopedic overview

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Chelisoches (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of earwigs in the family Chelisochidae. Species are from the Pacific Islands. C. morio has been introduced to California and Florida.

==Species== This genus includes the following species: Chelisoches annulatus Chelisoches ater (Bormans, 1900) Chelisoches australicus (Le Guillou, 1841) Chelisoches handschini Günther, 1934 Chelisoches kimberleyensis Mjöberg, 1913 Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)

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