Vostox is a genus of earwigs in the family Spongiphoridae, found in the Americas. There are more than 20 described species in Vostox.[1][2][3][4]
| Vostox | |
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| Vostox brunneipennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Spongiphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Spongiphorinae |
| Genus: | Vostox Burr, 1911 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "Vostox Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Vostox". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Vostox genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Lesley, S.D. (2019). "genus Vostox Burr, 1911". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading edit
- 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.
External links edit
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