Titanolabis is a genus of earwigs in the subfamily Titanolabidinae.[1] 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).[2]
| Titanolabis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Titanolabis colossea | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Anisolabididae |
| Subfamily: | Titanolabidinae |
| Genus: | Titanolabis Burr, 1910 |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Species
edit- Titanolabis bormansi Srivastava, 1983
- Titanolabis centaurea Steinmann, 1985
- Titanolabis colossea (Dohrn, 1864)
- Titanolabis maindroni (Borelli, 1911)
- Titanolabis orientalis (Ramamurthi, 1968)
References
edit- ^ Dermaptera Species File: Titanolabis
- ^ Flindt, R. (2006). Amazing Numbers in Biology. Springer. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-540-30146-2.
External links
edit
Wikispecies has information related to Titanolabis.
 | This earwig-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |