1. PaDIL Species Factsheet
Scientific Name: Chelisoches morio (Fabricius, 1775) (Dermaptera: Chelisochidae: Chelisochinae)
Common Name Black Earwig Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140290
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2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2010) Black Earwig(Chelisoches morio)Updated on 5/9/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)
2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140290
2.3. Facets Groups: Earwigs Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Coconut, Ginger, Taro tubers, Banana, Taro leaves, Yam, Pineapple, Coffee beans & Kape, Sweet Potato Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown
2.4. Other Names Forficula morio Fabricius, 1775 Lobophora morio Dohrn, 1865
2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult**
Shiny, uniformly black; 1 or more distal segments of antennae white, tarsi and apices of tibiae yellow; 2nd tarsomere produced into a lobe lying below the 3rd tarsomere.
**Male**
Body length 12-18 mm; pronotum slightly transverse, posterior margin strongly convex; elytra and wings well developed; cuticle smooth; abdomen elongated, parallel-sided, last tergite transverse, depressed between bases of branches of forceps near posterior margin, forming a semi-circular depression, at anterior border of which are usually 4 small tubercles. Forceps of 2 types: long, slender, attenuate, with a jagged dilation on the inner margin basally; or short, stout, depressed, dilated, with crenulations on inner margin basally and 2 or 3 large teeth medially.
**Female**
Body length 14-18 mm, foreceps 2-6 mm. Each branch of forceps slender, not broadened, and almost straight; inner margin scarcely dentated. Pygidium rectangular, sometime hidden, sometimes projecting; posterior margin concave.
**References**
- Hudson, L. (1974). Dermaptera of Niue Island, and material from the Cook Islands. _New Zealand Journal of Zoology_, 1(1): 45-49. - Hudson, L. (1973). A systematic revision of the New Zealand Dermaptera. _Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand_, 3(2): 219-254. - Brindle, A. (1970). The Dermaptera of the Solomon Islands. _Pacific Insects_, 12(3): 641-700.
2.6. References - Hudson, L. (1974). Dermaptera of Niue Island, and material from the Cook Islands. _New Zealand Journal of Zoology_, 1(1): 45-49. - Hudson, L. (1973). A systematic revision of the New Zealand Dermaptera. _Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand_, 3(2): 219-254. - Brindle, A. (1970). The Dermaptera of the Solomon Islands. _Pacific Insects_, 12(3): 641-700. 3. Diagnostic Images
DER003 DER003 Cerci - Female: Caroline Harding MAF Cerci - Male: Caroline Harding MAF
DER003 DER003 Dorsal - Female: Caroline Harding MAF Dorsal - Male: Caroline Harding MAF
DER003 DER003 Head Oblique - Female: Caroline Harding Head Oblique - Male: Caroline Harding MAF MAF
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