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Dermaptera Species File
Species

Ancistrogaster variegata (Dohrn, 1865)

Nomenclature (9)

  • Opisthocosmia variegata Dohrn, 1865: 78.

    Holotype; male; 4960cccd-34d5-4606-ae91-241be354b73a; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NHMW); Venezuela

  • Forficula appendiculata Charpentier, 1865 in Dohrn, 1865: 78.
  • Ancistrogaster variegata (Dohrn, 1865) in Steinmann, 1989c: 656. Catalog/Collection
  • Ancistrogaster variegata (Dohrn, 1865) in Estrada-Álvarez, Núñez-Bazán, Luna & Haas, 2025: 213. Catalog/Collection

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dohrn, H. (1865) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 26, 68–99.
  • de Bormans, A. & Krauss, H.A. (1900) Forficulidae und Hemimeridae. Das Tierreich, 11, 142 pp.
  • Rehn, J. (1905) Notes on Exotic Forficulids or Earwigs, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 29, 501–515. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53438#page/545/
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • Steinmann, H. (1982) A revision of the genus Ancistrogaster Stal, 1855 (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 74, 75–84.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.
  • Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Núñez-Bazán, R., Luna, M.de & Haas, F. (2025) Taxonomic catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Mexico, with two new nomina dubia. Zootaxa, 5701(3), 201–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.1

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1045
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: colorful, variegated.