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Anisolabis mauiensis Brindle, 1980:269

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1896 (Brindle, 1980:269)

 

Brindle (1980:273) writes that: "The species of the perkinsi group now appear to be rare; the specimens examined date from 1891 to 1928 and Dr F. G. Howarth (in litt.) has mentioned that some species may now be extinct.".

However, he does not explicitly mention which species in the perkinsi group these are.

 

Distribution & Habitat

Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Brindle, A. (1980). The cavernicolous fauna of Hawaiian lava tubes. 12. A new species of blind troglobitic earwig (Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae), with a revision of the related surface-living earwigs of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Insects 21(4): 261-274.

 

Other references:

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. (1989). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica 43. 934 pp.

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