Arixenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Dermapterida
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordo: Neodermaptera
Infraordo: Epidermaptera
Parvordo: Eteodermaptera
Nanordo: Eudermaptera
Superfamilia: Forficuloidea

Familia: Arixeniidae
Genus: Arixenia
Species (2): A. camura – A. esau
Name

Arixenia Jordan, 1909
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine
Type species: Arixenia esau Jordan, 1909
Fixation: original designation [p. 324] [and monotypy]

References

Jordan, K. 1909: Description of a new kind of apterous earwig, apparently parasitic on a bat. Novitates zoologicae, 16: 313–326, plates XVI-XVIII. Internet Archive BHL
Nakata, S.; Maa, T.C. 1974: A review of the parasitic earwigs (Dermaptera: Arixeniina; Hemimerina). Pacific insects, 16: 307–374. PDF

Links

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Arixenia is a genus of earwigs, one of only two genera in the family Arixeniidae, and contains two species.
See also

Earwig

References

"All the names".

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2009-03-30.

External links

An example specimen of the species Arixenia esau from the Tree of Life (note that the species is incorrectly labeled)
An example of a female Arixenia esau from the Australian National Insect Collection