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Dermaptera Species File
genus

Pyragra Audinet-Serville, 1831

Type

Pyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville, 1831 type species by original monotypy of Pyragra Audinet-Serville, 1831

Nomenclature (13)

  • Pyragra Audinet-Serville, 1831: 34.

    type species by original monotypy Pyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville, 1831

  • Thermastris Dohrn, 1863: 61.

    type species by subsequent designation Forficula brasiliensis Gray, 1832 in Scudder, 1876: 299

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  • Arthroedetus Caudell, 1907 (subjective synonym of Pyragra Audinet-Serville, 1831) in Steinmann, 1989c: 104. Catalog/Collection
  • Propyragra Burr, 1910 (subjective synonym of Pyragra Audinet-Serville, 1831) in Steinmann, 1989c: 105. Catalog/Collection

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1831) Revue Méthodique des Insectes de l''ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456#page/36/
  • Burr, M. (1909) Notes on the classification of the Dermaptera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1909, 320–328. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103377#page/342/
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  • Burr, M. (1910) A preliminary revision of the Labiduridae, a family of the Dermaptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1910, 161–203.
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • Caudell, A.N. (1907) On some earwigs (Forficulidae) collected in Guatemala by Messrs Schwarz and Barber. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 33, 169–176.
  • Dohrn, H. (1863) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 24, 35–66.
  • Hincks, W.D. (1959) A systematic monograph of the Dermaptera of the world based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). 2. Pygidicranidae excluding Diplatyinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 218 pp.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891) A revision of the Forficulidae with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 23, 502–531. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31595946
  • Scudder, S.H. (1876) Critical and historical notes on the Forficulariae; including description of new generic forms and an alphabetical synonymic list of the described species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 18, 287–332.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1034
species4026
subspecies301316