Anisolabis oahuensis Brindle, 1980:269
Oahu earwig (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 27 May 1928 (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
Oahu, 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: 1-934.
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