A new earwig species of the genus Liparura Burr, 1907 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) from China

Xiaohan Ye; Yoshitaka Kamimura; Wenliang Li; Xingyue Liu

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.14

A new earwig species of the genus Liparura Burr, 1907 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) from China

Zootaxa. 2023 Mar 24;5257(1):178-186. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.14.

Authors

Xiaohan Ye¹, Yoshitaka Kamimura², Wenliang Li³, Xingyue Liu⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China. . 990227027@qq.com.
² 2Department of Biology, Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8521, Japan.. kamimura@keio.jp.
³ 1College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, China. . wenliangli@haust.edu.cn.
⁴ 3Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.. wenliangli@haust.edu.cn.

PMID: 37044612
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.14

Abstract

A new earwig species of the genus Liparura Burr, 1907 of the family Forficulidae, namely L. chongqingensis sp. nov., is described from Chongqing, southwestern China. The new species is characterized by the male forceps basally approached to each other, and each with a small tooth protruding dorsad. A key to the species of Liparura is provided.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Insecta*
Male
Neoptera*