List of Dermapterans of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still is counting.
The following list provides the earwigs currently identified from Sri Lanka.
Earwig
The exact diversity and their biology is well studied within Sri Lanka due to major contributions by Malcolm Burr in 1901, Alan Brindle in 1977 and G.K. Srivastava in 1989-2013. According to a checklist by Steinmann in 1989, 71 species of earwigs may be found in Sri Lanka, distributed between 11 families and 21 genera.Family [Anisolabididae]
- Anisolabis greeni
- Anisolabis kudagae
- Antisolabis kelangi
- Epilandex bazyluki
- Euborellia annulipes
- Euborellia stali
- Gonolabis electa
- ''Platylabia major''
Family [Apachyidae]
- ''Dendroiketes corticinus''
Family [Chelisochidae]
- Chelisoches morio
- ''Schizoproreus delicatulus''
Family [Diplatyidae]
- Diplatys fletcheri
- Diplatys greeni
- Diplatys incisus
- Diplatys porpinquus
- ''Schizodiplatys malayanus''
Family [Forficulidae]
- Cordax ceylonicus
- Elaunon bipartitus
- Eparchus insignis
- Hypurgus humeralis
- Obelura tamul
- ''Obelura neolobophoroides''
Family [Labiduridae]
- Labidura japonica
- Labidura riparia
- ''Nala lividipes''
Family [Pygidicranidae]
- Cranopygia picta
- Cranopygia nietneri
- Cranopygia parva
- Cranopygia pluto
- Echinosoma parvulum
- ''Echinosoma trilineatum''
Family [Spongiphoridae]
- Chaetospania anderssoni
- Chaetospania foliata
- Chaetospania thoracica
- Irdex ceylonensis
- Labia curvicauda
- Labia minor
- Paralabella curvicauda
- Paralabella fruehstorferi
- Paralabella rotundifrons
- Spirolabia pillicornis
- Spongovostox mucronatus
- Spongovostox semiflavus
- ''Spongovostox tripunctatus''