Chelisoches morio

Chelisoches morio
A black earwig (Chelisoches morio) on a sign in Hawaii Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Chelisochidae
Genus: Chelisoches
Species: C. morio
Binomial name
Chelisoches morio
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Forficula morio Fabricius, 1775

Chelisoches morio, commonly known as the black earwig, is a cosmopolitan earwig in the family Chelisochidae.[2] Black earwigs are active at all times of the day, and prefer wet habitats. Adults can grow up to 36 millimetres (1.4 in).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Logan Hudson (1974). "Dermaptera of Niue Island, and material from the Cook Islands". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 1 (1): 45–49.
  3. ↑ "Chelisoches morio". University of Hawaii. November 1992. Retrieved 25 August 2010.


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