''Titanolabis'' 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 subfamily
Anisolabidinae (though formerly in its own subfamily).
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section for reference. It was cited by Srivastava in ''Part 2'' of ''Fauna of India''.
Among its species is the Australian ''T. colossea'', which at about long is the largest certainly living species of earwig (the even larger
Saint Helena earwig
The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (''Labidura herculeana'') is an extinct species of very large earwig endemism, endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.
Description
Growing as large as lon ...
, ''Labidura herculeana'', is generally considered extinct).
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''
Titanolabis bormansi''
Srivastava, 1983
* ''
Titanolabis centaurea''
Steinmann, 1985
* ''
Titanolabis colossea''
(Dohrn, 1864)
* ''
Titanolabis gigas''
Steinmann, 1989
References
External links
The Earwig Research Centre's ''Titanolabis'' database''Source for references:'' type Titanolabis in the "genus" field and click "search".
Dermaptera genera
Anisolabididae
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