Species Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Forficula morio Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [270].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Tahiti (as insula Otaheita maris pacifica); MCZ ♂ ♀, Tahiti (as insula Otaheita maris pacifica).
• Lobophora rufitarsis Serville, J.G.A. 1839. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Suite à Buffon. Orthoptères. Paris : Roret 776 pp. [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (depository uncertain), Java.
• Forficula (Psalidophora) albomarginata Haan, W. de 1842. Bijdragen tot de Kennis der Orthoptera. Dermatoptera. pp. 238–243 pl. 23 in Temminck, C.J. (ed.). Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de Leden der Natuurkundige commissie in Oost–Indie en andere Schrijvers. Zoologie. [241].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH ♀ (depository uncertain, status and whereabouts of remaining syntype(s) unknown), Batang Singalang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• Forficula tasmanica Blanchard, E. 1853. Famille des Forficulides (Forficulidae). 349-352 pl. 1 in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (eds). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1840. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 4. [350].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀ (depository uncertain), Tasmania (as Tasmanie).
• Lobophora nigronitens Stål, C. 1860. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden. Åren 1851–1853. Delen 2. Zoologi I, Insecta. Dermaptera. Stockholm pp. 299–307. [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ (depository uncertain), Java.
• Lobophora cincticornis Stål, C. 1860. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden. Åren 1851–1853. Delen 2. Zoologi I, Insecta. Dermaptera. Stockholm pp. 299–307. [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ (depository uncertain), Mauritius (as Ins. Mauritius).
• Lobophora tartarea Stål, C. 1860. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden. Åren 1851–1853. Delen 2. Zoologi I, Insecta. Dermaptera. Stockholm pp. 299–307. [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ (depository uncertain), Tahiti (as Taiti).
• Chelisoches comprimens Scudder, S.H. 1876. A century of Orthoptera. Decade V. Forficulariae (Exotic). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18: 251-257 [255].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♀, Africa.
• Labidura nigricornis Kirby, W.F. 1888. On the insects (exclusive of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 546-555 [546].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ (status and whereabouts of remaining syntype(s) unknown), Christmas Is.
• Sphingolabis insularis Kirby, W.F. 1900. Forficulida. pp. 12–13 in Distant, W.L. (ed.) Insecta Transvaaliensia: a contribution to a knowlege of the Entomology of South Africa. Pt 1. Orthoptera. London 24 pp. pls 1, 2. [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (depository uncertain), Transvaal, South Africa.
• Chelisoches stratioticus Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Notes on exotic forficulids or earwigs, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1432): 501-515 [509].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Burma.
• Chelisoches lilyanus Holdhaus, K. 1909. Kritisches Verzeichnis der bisher von den Sãomainseln bekannten Orthopteren. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 84: 537-562 [552].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♀, Upolu, Samoa.
• Chelisoches tigris Burr, M. 1913. Zoological results of the Abor expedition, 1911–1912. X Dermaptera. Records of the Indian Museum 8: 135-147 [143].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Rotung, Assam.
• Chelisoches imitator Ramamurthi, B.N. 1967. Dermaptera collected by the Noona Dan Expedition in the Philippine and Bismarck Islands. Entomologiske Meddelelser 35: 227-259 [250].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ ♂, Banatam, Lacongai, Bismarck Ils.
  Paratype(s) MCZ ♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bormans, A. de 1900. Forficulidae. Das Tierreich 11: 1-129 [85] (synonymy of Lobophora rufitarsis, Forficula tasmanica, Lobophora nigronitens, Lobophora tartarea, Lobophora cincticornis and Chelisoches comprimens)
• Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112. [65] (synonym of Chelisoches stratioticus)
• Kapoor, V.C. 1967. Catalogue on the Indian Dermaptera. Agra University Journal Sci. 16: 1-42 [24] (synonymy of Chelisoches tigris)
• Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [614] (synonymy of Chelisoches lilyanus and Chelisoches imitator)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Host (Pandanus sp. [Pandanaceae]), feeds on flies, leaf hoppers, coccids, larvae of beetles and moths, associated with Pandanus, decaying banana stalks, under coconut shell and beach debris.

 

General References

Bey-Bienko, G.J. 1936. Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'U.R.S.S NS 5: 1-239 [in Russian] [116]

Boeseman, M. 1954. The Dermaptera in the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 1954(21): 1-122 [94] (distribution, diagnosis)

Borelli, A. 1926. Dermaptères de Java, Sumatra et îles voisines. Treubia 8: 248-273 [268] (New Guinea)

Borelli, A. 1926. Spolia Mentawiensia Dermaptera. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 4: 384-391 [391]

Borelli, A. 1932. Dermaptères de la presqu'île Malaise. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 7: 80-95 [91] (Malaysia)

Brindle, A. 1972. Insects of Micronesia: Dermaptera. Insects of Micronesia 5: 97-171 [163, fig. 19a-d] (description)

Brindle, A. 1973. The Dermaptera of Africa. I. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique No. 8, Sciences Zoologique 1973(205): 1-335 [226] (Tanzania)

Brindle, A. 1976. The Dermaptera of New Hebrides. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17(13): 221-238 [236] (Vanuatu)

Burr, M. 1906. Dermatoptera. Nova Guinea 5: 9-10 [10] (New Guinea)

Burr, M. 1909. Dermatoptera. Résultats de l'Expedition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 sous les Auspices du Dr. H.A. Lorentz. Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 9: 15-17 [15] (New Guinea)

Burr, M. 1912. Dermaptera from Java and Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum 34: 225-229 [229]

Burr, M. 1913. New Guinea Dermaptera, collected by Dr. P.N. van Kempen and K. Gjellerup (1910–11). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 56: 312-316 [314] (New Guinea)

Günther, K. 1934. Phasmoiden und Forficuliden von Java, den Kleinen Sundainseln und Nordaustralien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 41: 525-543 [539] (Java)

Hudson, L. 1973. A systematic revision of the New Zealand Dermaptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3: 219-254 [251, figs 18, 45] (description)

Sakai, S. 1987. Dermapterorum Catalogus. XIX–XX: Iconographia IVa–b. A Basic Survey for Integrated Taxonomy of the Dermaptera of the World. Tokyo : Ikegami Book Co. Vol. XIX pp. iv 1081-1243 + 1. [1121, 1169, 1241] (synonymy, literature, morphology, habitus)

Srivastava, G.K. 1976. Catalogue on Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 2: 1-94 [51] (catalogue)

Steinmann, H. 1979. The Dermaptera in the PAN Zoologiczny Instytut, Warszawa. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 32: 149-175 [163]

Steinmann, H. 1981. A study of the circumtropical Dermaptera material in the “Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie”, Amsterdam. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 27: 187-210 [205, figs 52, 53] (male genitalia)

Steinmann, H. 1993. Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II. Das Tierreich 108: xxii 1-711 [74, figs 118-121] (description, male genitalia)

Terry, F.W. 1905. Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. Report of the Experimental Station of the Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association 1: 163-174 2 pls [163, figs] (life history, bionomics)

Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Order Dermaptera. pp. 197–212 in, Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 2. Apterygota to Thysanoptera. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press. [207, fig. 118] (life history, larval stage)

 

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