Genus Chelisoches Scudder, 1876

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• Chelisoches Scudder, S.H. 1876. A century of Orthoptera. Decade V. Forficulariae (Exotic). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18: 251-257 [252] [nom. nov. for Lobophora Serville, 1839].
• Lobophora Serville, J.G.A. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Orthopteres. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret 776 pp. [32] [junior homonym of Lobophora Curtis, 1828 (Lepidoptera)].

  Type species:

   Lobophora rufitarsis Serville, 1839 by monotypy.
• Enkrates Burr, M. 1907. A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermaptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 91-143 [131].

  Type species:

   Forficula flavipennis Fabricius, 1793 by monotypy.
• Kleiduchus Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112 [64].

  Type species:

   Forficesila australicus Le Guillou, 1841 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [608]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia, Polynesia; tramp species Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775) has a non-indigenous cosmopolitan distribution.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), 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

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Federated States of Micronesia

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

General References

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

Bormans, A. de 1900. Forficulidae. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten, Berlin 11: 1-129 [82] (description)

Brindle, A. 1972. Insects of Micronesia: Dermaptera. Insects of Micronesia 5: 97-171 [163] (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 [225] (description)

Burr, M. 1907. A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermaptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 91-143 [128] (description)

Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112 [65] (description)

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

Steinmann, H. 1975. Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 21: 195-220 [214]

Steinmann, H. 1983. A study of the higher taxa of Chelisochidae (Dermaptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 75: 139-144 [141] (key)

Steinmann, H. 1987. A new reclassification of the family Chelisochidae (Dermaptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 79: 113-118 [117] (key)

Steinmann, H. 1993. Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten, Berlin 108: xxii 1-711 [72] (description)

Townes, H.K. 1945. A list of the generic and subgeneric names of Dermaptera, with their genotypes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 343-356 [347] (list)