Jump to content

Marava arachidis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marava arachidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Spongiphoridae
Genus: Marava
Species:
M. arachidis
Binomial name
Marava arachidis
(Yersin, 1860)

Marava arachidis is a species of earwig in the family Spongiphoridae. It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), North America, South America, and Southern Asia.[1][2][3][4] It inhabits the stems of fennel and females will lay eggs on fennel leaves. [5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Marava arachidis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Marava arachidis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Lesley, S.D. (2019). "species Marava arachidis (Yersin, 1860)". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Abramson, Charles Ira; Wanderley, Paulo Alves; Miná, Alexandre José Soares; Wanderley, Maria José Araújo (December 2007). "Capacity of earwig Marava arachidis (Yersin) to access fennel plants Foeniculum vulgare Mill in laboratory and field". Ciência Rural. 37 (6): 1524–1528. doi:10.1590/S0103-84782007000600003.

Further reading

[edit]
  • Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.