Vostox
Vostox brunneipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Spongiphoridae
Subfamily: Spongiphorinae
Genus: Vostox
Burr, 1911

Vostox is a genus of little earwigs in the family Spongiphoridae, found in the Americas. There are more than 20 described species in Vostox.[1][2][3][4]

Vostox brunneipennis

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Vostox:

  • Vostox americanus Steinmann, 1975
  • Vostox apicedentatus (Caudell, 1904) (toothed earwig)
  • Vostox asemus (Hebard, 1921)
  • Vostox basalis (Burr, 1912)
  • Vostox bertonii (Borelli, 1905)
  • Vostox binotatus (Kirby, 1891)
  • Vostox bolivianus Brindle, 1971
  • Vostox brasilianus Steinmann, 1975
  • Vostox brunneipennis (Audinet-Serville, 1838)
  • Vostox cabrerae Rehn, 1925
  • Vostox carinatus Brindle, 1977
  • Vostox comitatus Steinmann, 1989
  • Vostox confusus (Borelli, 1905)
  • Vostox dentatus Brindle, 1988
  • Vostox dubius (Moreira, 1931)
  • Vostox dugueti Borelli, 1912
  • Vostox ecuadorensis Steinmann, 1975
  • Vostox excavatus Nutting & Gurney, 1961
  • Vostox magnus Brindle, 1988
  • Vostox ocellatus Brindle, 1971
  • Vostox quadripunctatus Brindle, 1971
  • Vostox recurrens (Burr, 1912)
  • Vostox similis (de Bormans, 1883)
  • Vostox vicinus (Burr, 1912)

References

  1. "Vostox Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Vostox". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Lesley, S.D. (2019). "genus Vostox Burr, 1911". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.
  • Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. S2CID 85718043.
  • Media related to Vostox at Wikimedia Commons


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