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Dermaptera Species File
Genus

Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865

Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865: (Otu).
Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865: (Otu).

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865

Nomenclature (18)

  • Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865: 76.

    type species by subsequent designation Opisthocosmia centurio Dohrn, 1865 in Scudder, 1876: 296

  • Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865 in Scudder, 1876: 296.
  • Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865 in Sakai, 1982: 46.
  • Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865 in Steinmann, 1989c: 712. Catalog/Collection

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Dohrn, H. (1865) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 26, 68–99.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • de Bormans, A. (1894) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e Regioni Vicine, LXI. Dermaptères. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Serie 2a, 14(34), 371–409.
  • de Bormans, A. & Krauss, H.A. (1900) Forficulidae und Hemimeridae. Das Tierreich, 11, 142 pp.
  • Burr, M. (1901) The Earwigs of Ceylon. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 14, 59–78; 316–336.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1904) In A synonymic Catalog of Orthoptera Vol. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. 501 pp.
  • Burr, M. (1907) A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermatoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1907, 91–134. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48288#page/303/
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • Rehn, J. (1924) The Dermaptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition, with a catalogue of the Belgian Congo Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 49, 349–413.
  • 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.
  • Popham, E. (1965) A key to dermapteran subfamilies. The Entomologist, 98, 126–136.
  • Popham, E. (1968) Genera and species of the Dermaptera: 9. Opisthocosminae (Forficulidae). The Entomologist, 101, 276–280.
  • Sakai, S. (1973) VII. Forficulidae. Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminaris, 357 pp.
  • Steinmann, H. (1975) Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21, 195–220.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (1976) Catalogue of Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper, 2, 1–94.
  • 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.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.

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
Genus1001
Species70512