Opisthocosmiinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family
Forficulidae
Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and more than 500 described species in Forficulidae.
Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and ' ...
. There are more than 100 described species in Opisthocosmiinae, recorded especially from Asia and the
Americas
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Genera
These 18 genera belong to the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae:
* '' Acanthocordax'' Günther, 1929
* '' Chaetocosmia'' Nishikawa, 1973
* '' Cipex'' Burr, 1910
* ''Cordax
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'' Burr, 1910
* '' Eparchus'' Burr, 1907
* '' Eutimomena'' Bey-Bienko, 1970
* '' Hypurgus'' Burr, 1907
* '' Neoopisthocosmia'' Steinmann, 1990
* '' Opisthocosmia'' Dohrn, 1865
* '' Parasondax'' Srivastava, 1978
* '' Parasyntonus'' Steinmann, 1990
* '' Paratimomenus'' Steinmann, 1974
* '' Pareparchus'' Burr, 1911
* '' Prosadiya'' Hebard, 1923
* '' Sondax'' Burr, 1910
* '' Spinosocordax'' Steinmann, 1988
* '' Syntonus'' Burr, 1910
* '' Timomenus'' Burr, 1907
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Forficulidae
Dermaptera subfamilies
Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff