Ring Legged Earwigs

Anisolabididae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina and the order Dermaptera. It is one of nine families in the suborder Forficulina, and contains thirty-eight genera spread across thirteen subfamilies.

Subfamilies

The family contains the following subfamilies:

• Anisolabidinae^[1][2] Steinmann^[3] (1986, 1989, 1990, & 1993) classified the genera under the subfamilies Carcinophorinae and Gonolabiinae, which are synonyms of Anisolabidinae.^[8] Other synonyms include Placolabidinae and Titanolabiinae.

• Anophthalmolabiinae^[1][3]
  • Anophthalmolabis
• Antisolabiinae^[1][3]
  • Antisolabis
• Brachylabinae (Ctenisolabis and Metisolabis were listed by both Steinmann^[3] and Srivastava,^[1] while Brachylabis was cited by Steinmann, Srivastava, and Chen & Ma^[1][2][3]
  • Brachylabis
  • Ctenisolabis
  • Metisolabis
• Idolopsalinae^[1][3]
  • Idolopsalis
• Isolabiinae^[3]
  • Africolabis
  • Geracodes
  • Isolabis
  • Pterolabis
• Parisolabiinae^[1][3]
  • Parisolabis
  • Parisopsalis.
• Platylabiinae^[1][2][3]
  • Platylabia

Incertae sedis:

The genus †Toxolabis was described in 2014 from a single fossil male recovered from Burmese amber. The single species T. zigrasi matches that of Anisolabididae members. Due to the quality of the preservation, the describing authors were not able to be determine a more specific placement within the family.^[9] Kotejalabis **Cretolabia and Cratoborellia are known from the Aptian aged Crato Formation of Brazil.

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