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Dermaptera Species File
Genus

Anechura Scudder, 1876

Type

type species by original monotypy of Anechura Scudder, 1876

Nomenclature (38)

  • Anechura Scudder, 1876: 289.

    type species by original monotypy Forficula bipunctata Fabricius, 1781

  • Anechura Scudder, 1876 in Kirby, 1891: 524.
  • Anechura Scudder, 1876 in Nishikawa & Han, 2015: 3.
  • Taipinia Shiraki, 1907 (subjective synonym of Anechura Scudder, 1876) in Nishikawa, 2026: 7.

Nomenclature references (31)

  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1936) Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'URSS, 1–239. [in Russian; with summary, key and index in English pp. 208-239]
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1959) Results of the Chinese-Soviet zoological-botanical expeditions 1955-1957 to south-western China. Dermaptera of Szechuan and Yunnan. Revue d‘Entomologie de l‘URSS, 38(3), 590–627; 943. Available at https://www.zin.ru/journals/entrev/PDF/archive/pdf_papers/1959.38/1959.38(3)_590-627.pdf
  • Burr, M. (1904) Observations on the Dermatoptera, including revisions of several genera, and descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1904(Part II), 277–322.
  • Burr, M. (1905) Notes on the Forficularia. - IX. One new species with synonymic notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7(Volume 16), 486–496.
  • 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/
  • Burr, M. (1910) The Fauna of British India: Dermaptera (Earwigs). Taylor and Francis, London, 217 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8271/
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • de Bormans, A. & Krauss, H.A. (1900) Forficulidae und Hemimeridae. Das Tierreich, 11, 142 pp.
  • Harz, K. & Kaltenbach, A. (1976) Die Orthopteren Europas III. Dr. W. Junk B. V. In Die Orthopteren Europas III. Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague. Vol. 3, 1–434 pp.
  • Herter, K. (1960) Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie des Meeresstrand-Ohrwurmes Anisolabis maritima Bor. Zoologische Beiträge, Neue Folge, 5, 199–239.
  • Kapoor, V. (1967) Catalogue on the Indian Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research, 16(1), 1–42.
  • 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
  • Latreille, P.A. (1810) Consideration générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant les classes des Crustaces, des Arachnides, et des Insectesl; avec un Tableau methodique de leurs genres, disposes en families. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp.
  • Lehr, P.A. (1986) Keys to Insects of the Far East of the USSR in 6 Volumes. Vol. 1. Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Hemimetabola. Nauka, Leningrad, 205 pp. [in Russian]
  • Maran, J. (1965) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Taxonomie und der Geographischen Verbreitung der Vertreter der Gattung Anechura Scudder (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 36, 671–683.
  • Nishikawa, M. & Han, C. (2015) Record of Dermaptera from DPR Korea. TETTIGONIA, 10, 1–6.
  • Nishikawa, M. (2026) Notes on the confusion of two species of Taiwanese earwigs formerly belonging to the genus Taipinia (Shiraki, 1908) (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 32(1), 7–12. Available at https://doi.org/10.69343/jjsystent.32.1_7
  • Popham, E. (1968) Genera and species of the Dermaptera: 8. Eudohrninae, Neolobophorinae, Ancistrogastrinae, Diaperasticinae and Anechurinae (Forficulidae). The Entomologist, 101, 196–201.
  • Sakai, S. (1973) VII. Forficulidae. Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminaris, 357 pp.
  • Sakai, S. (1982) A new proposed classification of the Dermaptera with special reference to the check list of the Dermaptera of the world. Daito Bunka University, 20, 1–108.
  • 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.
  • Shiraki, T. (1907) Neue Blattiden und Forficuliden Japans. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 2(1-2), 103–111. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15219734
  • Shiraki, T. (1928) Dermapteren aus dem Kaiserreich Japan. Insecta Matsumurana, 3(1), 1–25.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (1976) Catalogue of Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper, 2, 1–94.
  • Steinmann, H. (1975) Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21, 195–220.
  • Steinmann, H. (1977) A survey of Palaearctic Anechurinae (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Acta zool hung, 23, 199–212.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.
  • Steinmann, H. (1990) A revision of the genus Anechura Scudder, 1876 (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 36(1-2), 135–155.
  • Steinmann, H. (1993) Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II. Das Tierreich, 108, 709 pp.
  • Townes, H.K. (1945) A list of the generic and subgeneric names of the Dermaptera, with their genotypes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 38, 343–356.
  • White, M. (1976) Dermaptera. ANIMAL CYTOGENETICS, 3(Insecta 2), 49–59.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1045
Subgenus1001
Species2704875