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Spongiphorinae
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Spongiphorinae

The Spongiphorinae are a medium-sized subfamily of earwigs in the superfamily Forficuloidea, sometimes called "little earwigs", erected by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1902. Distribution records appear to be incomplete, but genera such as Spongiphora (the type genus) originate from the Americas including the Caribbean; certain species such as Marava arachidis, have a cosmopolitan distribution.

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11 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Vostox

genusVostox

Marava

genusMarava

Purex

genusPurex

Spongovostox

genusSpongovostox

Spongiphora

genusSpongiphora

Homotages

genusHomotages

Irdex

genusIrdex

Paratages

genusParatages

Formicilabia

genusFormicilabia

Filolabia

genusFilolabia

Pseudomarava

genusPseudomarava

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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 713380.