Chelisoches

{{Short description|Genus of earwigs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Chelisoches morio.jpg

| image_caption = A black earwig (Chelisoches morio) on a sign in Hawaii Botanical Garden

| taxon = Chelisoches

| authority = Scudder, 1876Scudder 1876: Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 18, 295

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

  • Enkrates Burr 1907
  • Kleiduchus Burr 1911
  • Lobophora Audinet-Serville, 1838Audinet-Serville, Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Othopteres. (1839), p.32 (preoccupied)

}}

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:

Names brought to synonymy

  • Chelisoches elegans De Bormans, 1900, a synonym for Euenkrates elegans (De Bormans, 1900) [Srivastava 1976].

References

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