Karschiellinae

Karschiellinae
male of Bormansia africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Infraorder: Protodermaptera
Superfamily: Pygidicranoidea
Family: Pygidicranidae
Verhoeff, 1902
Subfamily: Karschiellinae
Verhoeff, 1902
Genera and species

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Karschiellinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Pygidicranidae, which is distributed in Sub-Sahara-Africa, especially in the tropics. The subfamily contains 2 genera and, depending on the scientific view, 11–12 species.

Genera and species

The subfamily includes the following genera and species:

  1. Bormansia aberrans Hincks, 1959
  2. Bormansia africana Verhoeff, 1902
  3. Bormansia discendens Hincks, 1959
  4. Bormansia impressicollis Verhoeff, 1902
  5. Bormansia meridionalis Burr, 1904
  6. Bormansia monardi Menozzi, 1937
  7. Bormansia proxima Hincks, 1959
  8. Bormansia pusilla Brindle, 1978
  1. Karschiella buettneri (Karsch, 1886)
  2. Karschiella camerunensis Verhoeff, 1902
  3. Karschiella neavei Burr, 1909
  4. Karschiella pygmaea Rehn, 1933

Characteristics

Early nymphal instars of this subfamily have filiform cerci. Adult specimens are easy to recognize by their distinct habitus.

References

  1. ↑ Verhoeff (1902) Zool. Anz. 25: 183.
  2. ↑ Kočárek et al. 2023 Phylogenetic placement of bizarre karschiellid earwigs. Insect Science 31(3):989–992.
  3. ↑ Dermaptera Species File: Karschiellinae
  4. ↑ Dermaptera Species File: Karschiellinae
  5. ↑ Karschiellinae in the Dermaptera Forum, accessed on 20th November 2025.
  6. ↑ Hopkins, H.; Maehr, M. D.; Haas, F.; Deem, L. S. "family Karschiellidae Verhoeff, 1902". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Henrik Steinmann (1986) Dermaptera. Catadermaptera I. In: Das Tierreich - The Animal Kingdom. Teilband 102. Walter de Gruyter, New York.
  8. ↑ Verhoeff (1902) Über Dermapteren