''Chelidura'' is a genus of

earwig Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded ...

s in the family

Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and '' Apterygi ...

Species

According to the ''Dermaptera Species File'', the following species are accepted within ''Chelidura'': * '' Chelidura acanthopygia'' (Géné, 1832) * '' Chelidura apfelbecki'' Werner, 1907 * '' Chelidura aptera'' (von Muhlfeld, 1825) * '' Chelidura bolivari'' Dubrony, 1878 * '' Chelidura carpathica'' Steinmann & Kis, 1990 * '' Chelidura chelmosensis'' (Maran, 1965) * '' Chelidura euxina'' (Semenov, 1907) * '' Chelidura guentheri'' (Galvagni, 1994) * '' Chelidura mutica'' Krauss, 1886 * '' Chelidura nuristanica'' Steinmann, 1977 * '' Chelidura occidentalis'' de Fernandes, 1973 * '' Chelidura przewalskii'' (Semenov, 1908) * '' Chelidura pyrenaica'' (Bonelli, 1832) * '' Chelidura redux'' (Semenov, 1908) * '' Chelidura russica'' Steinmann, 1977 * '' Chelidura semenovi'' Bey-Bienko, 1934 * '' Chelidura specifica'' Steinmann, 1989 * '' Chelidura thoracica'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1846 * '' Chelidura tibetana'' (Semenov Tian-Shansky & Bey-Bienko, 1935) * '' Chelidura transsilvanica'' Ebner, 1932

References

Forficulidae Beetles described in 1825 {{earwig-stub