The Labiid Earwigs (Dermaptera: Labiidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Martin H. Villet

Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa

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Family: LABIIDAE Burr 1909

1. Genus: SPONGOVOSTOX Burr 1911
   1. S. quadrimaculatus (Stal)

      Forficula 4-maculata Stal 1855: 348.
      KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: LABIA Leach 1815
   1. L. minor (Linnaeus)

      Forficula minor Linnaeus 1758: 423.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng, to Angola; January to April, November.

      
      
   2. L. ochropus (Stal)

      Forficula ochropus Stal 1855: 348.
      Mpumalanga; May.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: CHAETOSPANIA Karsch 1886
   1. C. pittarelli Borelli

      Chaetospania pittarelli Borelli 1906: 1.
      KwaZulu-Natal.

      
      
   2. C. villica (Burr)

      Chaetospania villica Burr 1911: 8-9.
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal; March, September.