Titanolabis

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Titanolabis
Titanolabis colossea.jpg
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Forficulina
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Titanolabis

Burr, 1910
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Titanolabis is a genus of earwigs in the subfamily Anisolabidinae (though formerly in its own subfamily).[1] It was cited by Srivastava in Part 2 of Fauna of India.[2] Among its species is the Australian T. colossea, which at about 5 cm (2.0 in) long is the largest certainly living species of earwig (the even larger Saint Helena earwig, Labidura herculeana, is generally considered extinct).[3]

Species[]

The genus includes the following species:[4]

  • Srivastava, 1983
  • Steinmann, 1985
  • (Dohrn, 1864)
  • Steinmann, 1989

References[]

  1. ^ See first entry in external links section for reference.
  2. ^ Srivastava. Fauna of India, Pt. 2.
  3. ^ Flindt, R. (2006). Amazing Numbers in Biology. Springer. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-540-30146-2.
  4. ^ "Genus Titanolabis Burr, 1910". Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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