CHELISOCHIDAE

Popham, Edward J., 2000, The geographical distribution of the Dermaptera (Insecta) with reference to continental drift, Journal of Natural History 34 (10), pp. 2007-2027 : 2017-2020

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930050144837

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF6487BB-FFCC-FF84-6A86-8C3A36A86B4C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

CHELISOCHIDAE
status

 

CHELISOCHIDAE View in CoL

Map (9)

This family occurs in Africa and India, but after India became joined to Asia, spread to south east Asia, the East Indies, Australasia and Polynesia (map 9).

2018 Subfamily Occurrence of each subfamily with the number of species given in brackets

Pericominae Peru (1)

Vandicinae Africa (8)

Strongylopsalinae South America (12)

Isopyginae Madagascar (1)

Nesogastrinae Orient (2), East Indies (13, New Guinea (5), Australia (3) and Polynesia (7)

Sparratinae North America (3), South America (37), East Indies (8), New Guinea (3)

Spongiphorinae North America (7), South America (73), Africa (23), Madagascar (6), Orient (17), East Indies (8), New Guinea (7), Australia (1), New Zealand (4), Polynesia (4)

Labinae North America (3), South America (44), Europe (1), Africa (33), Madagascar (18), Mauritius (1), Seychelles (1), Orient (46), East Indies (32), New Guinea (11), Australia (5), New Zealand (2) Polynesia (31), Cosmopolitan (2)

Geracinae South America (28), Africa (10), Mauritius (1), Orient (2), and East Indies (2)

Out of the 74 species of this family, 44 (59%) occur in Australasia and the East Indies and 13 (14%) from the Solomon and Bismarck Islands, which lie close to New Guinea (table 8). The small number of species in some areas, makes it di cult determine the centre of evolution of this family, but a comparison with the distribution of the related for®culine subfamilies suggests that the Chelisochidae originated in Africa, then spread into India, the East Indies, Australia and Polynesia. The presence of Chelisoches lilyanus Holdhaus on Samoa implies that this family formerly had a wider Polynesian distribution.

Subfamily Occurrence and number of species present

Chelisochellinae Malaya (1)

Chelisochinae Africa (3), Madagascar (3), Orienta Region (37), East Indies (22), New Guinea area (19), Australia (5) and Polynesia (9)

2020

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Dermaptera

Family

Chelisochidae

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF