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Black Earwigs
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Black Earwigs

Chelisochidae

Chelisochidae is a family of earwigs whose members are commonly known as black earwigs. The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfamilies.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Chelisochinae

subfamilyChelisochinae

Genitalatinae

subfamilyGenitalatinae

Kinesinae

subfamilyKinesinae

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208121.