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Labiinae, whose members are commonly known as little earwigs, is a moderately sized family 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 suborder
Forficulina Neodermaptera, sometimes called Catadermaptera,BioLib.cz
suborder Catadermaptera Steinmann, 1986 (retrieved 16 Se ...
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section for reference.
It is a
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family, whose members are small, winged earwigs, generally less than in length.


Genera

This subfamily includes the following genera: * '' Chaetolabia'' Brindle, 1972 * '' Circolabia'' Steinmann, 1987 * '' Isolabella'' Verhoeff, 1902 * ''
Labia The labia are part of the female genitalia; they are the major externally visible portions of the vulva. In humans, there are two pairs of labia: the ''labia majora'' (or the outer labia) are larger and thicker, while the ''labia minora'' are fol ...
'' Leach, 1815 * '' Paralabella'' Steinmann, 1990 * '' Paraspania'' Steinmann, 1985 * '' Sphingolabis'' de Bormans, 1883 * '' Spirolabia'' Steinmann, 1987


References


External links


The Earwig Research Centre's Labiidae database
''Source for references:'' type Labiinae in the "subfamily" field and click "search". Dermaptera subfamilies Forficulina {{earwig-stub