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Issue: Vol. 5701 No. 3: 3 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.1
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Taxonomic catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Mexico, with two new nomina dubia

Museo Universitario de Historia Natural “Dr. Manuel M. Villada” Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico (UAEMex); Inst. Literario 100; Colonia Centro; Toluca; Estado de Mexico; Mexico; C.P. 50000; Entomological Research; Metepec; Estado Mexico; Mexico. C.P. 52140
Entomological Research; Metepec; Estado Mexico; Mexico. C.P. 52140; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad and Conservación (CIByC); Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM); Morelos; Mexico
Entomological Research; Metepec; Estado Mexico; Mexico. C.P. 52140; Instituto de Biología-Jardín Botánico; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico; P.C. 04510; Coyoacán; Ciudad de Mexico; Mexico; Facultad de Ciencias Forestales; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León; Carretera a Ciudad Victoria km 145; C.P. 67700; Linares; Nuevo León; México
Albert-Schweitzer-Str 4; 24119 Kronshagen; Germany
Dermaptera Geographic distribution Nearctic realm Neotropical realm North America tijeretas tijerillas

Abstract

A comprehensive and annotated catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) that inhabit Mexico was compiled. Six families were recorded: Anisolabididae with 4 genera and 5 species; Forficulidae with 9 genera and 23 species; Haplodiplatyidae with 1 genus and 3 species; Labiduridae with 1 genus and 1 species; Pygidicranidae with 1 genus and 1 species; and Spongiphoridae with 7 genera and 21 species; totaling 23 genera and 54 species. Additionally, 5 fossil species are listed, in 3 current genera and 1 fossil genus, belonging to the families Haplodiplatyidae (1 species) and Spongiphoridae (4 species). Finally, 14 records were considered dubious for the country. The states with the most species of earwigs recorded are Veracruz with 30 species, Morelos with 10 species and Guerrero with 9 species; no records are known from Campeche and Tlaxcala. The original descriptions of Ancistrogaster burri Kirby, 1903 and Paracosmia gulosa (Scudder 1876) (Forficulidae) were revisited. Given the lack of type material and that the descriptions were deemed too vague to accurately identify them, these taxa are hereby relegated as nomina dubia.

 

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Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Núñez-Bazán, R., Luna, M.D. & Haas, F. (2025) Taxonomic catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Mexico, with two new nomina dubia. Zootaxa, 5701 (3), 201–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.1