Biodiversity of Dermaptera

Haas, Fabian

doi:10.1002/9781118945582.ch12

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“…We have thus greatly enhanced the knowledge of Dermaptera in French Guiana. The species number is similar to other South American countries such as Peru (55 species) or Nicaragua (42 species) (Haas 2018). Thirty-seven species were recorded from Surinam and 14 from French Guiana by Brindle (1968b).…”

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Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana

Girod¹,

Matzke²

2020

Zoosystema

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“…As a consequence, the species distributions are largely unknown although biodiversity estimates have recently been provided for nearly all countries (Haas 2018).…”

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Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana

Girod¹,

Matzke²

2020

Zoosystema

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“…They are well-known and -with a few exceptions -easily identifiable by their pincer-like cerci and dorsoventrally flattened body. Earwigs have a strong preference for warm and moist environments and exhibit their major diversity in the tropics (Haas, 2018), with a few species found as far north as Greenland (Vickery & Kevan, 1985). Popham (2000) speculated that earwigs evolved on Gondwana and secondarily colonized the northern hemisphere.…”

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Phylogenomics changes our understanding about earwig evolution

Wipfler‍

Koehler

Frandsen

et al. 2020

Systematic Entomology

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Earwigs are one of the comparatively species-poor insect orders. Although various aspects of the phylogeny of this lineage are poorly understood, before the present study, there was a general consensus that Dermaptera comprises two major lineages: the paraphyletic Protodermaptera or 'lower earwigs' and the monophyletic Epidermaptera or 'higher earwigs', which are nested within the former. Our phylogenomic study based on the analysis of 3247 nuclear single-copy genes reverses these relationships by placing monophyletic Protodermaptera within paraphyletic Epidermaptera. This phylogenetic reversal among the major earwig lineages is not contradicted by morphological arguments but results in far-reaching reinterpretations of the dermapteran ground plan. Within Dermaptera, Apachyidae form the sister group to the remaining earwigs which might imply that social behaviour is not part of the earwig ground plan. Our results corroborate the monophyly of Eudermaptera within Epidermaptera and the paraphyly of several traditional families. The monophyly of Protodermaptera is supported by molecular and morphological evidence, although the exact position of Karschiellidae which were not included in the molecular dataset cannot be determined.

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“…Dermaptera (earwigs) represent a cosmopolitan [1], but understudied, insect order, totalling roughly 1930 species worldwide [2]. Comprehensive lists of dermapteran fauna are few, the most recent text being Steinmann’s World Catalogue of Dermaptera [3] as well as Haas’ online database [4].…”

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Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Australian Earwigs (Dermaptera) Points to Unique Species and Regional Endemism in the Anisolabididae Family

Stuart

Binns

Umina

et al. 2019

Insects

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Dermaptera (earwigs) from the Anisolabididae family may be important for pest control but their taxonomy and status in Australia is poorly studied. Here we used taxonomic information to assess the diversity of southern Australian Anisolabididae and then applied cox1 barcodes as well as additional gene fragments (mitochondrial and nuclear) to corroborate classification and assess the monophyly of the putative genera. Anisolabididae morphospecies fell into two genera, Anisolabis Fieber and Gonolabis Burr, based on paramere morphology. Combinations of paramere and forceps morphology distinguished seven morphospecies, which were further supported by morphometric analyses. The morphospecies were corroborated by barcode data; all showed within-species genetic distance < 4% and between-species genetic distance > 10%. Molecular phylogenies did not support monophyly of putative genera nor clades based on paramere shape, instead pointing to regional clades distinguishable by forceps morphology. This apparent endemism needs to be further tested by sampling of earwig diversity outside of agricultural production regions but points to a unique regional insect fauna potentially important in pest control.

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Biodiversity of Dermaptera

Cited by 23 publications

References 76 publications

Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana

Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana

Phylogenomics changes our understanding about earwig evolution

Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Australian Earwigs (Dermaptera) Points to Unique Species and Regional Endemism in the Anisolabididae Family

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