Vostox is a genus of earwigs in the family Spongiphoridae, found in the Americas. There are more than 20 described species in Vostox.[1][2][3][4]

Vostox
Vostox brunneipennis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Spongiphoridae
Subfamily: Spongiphorinae
Genus: Vostox
Burr, 1911
Vostox brunneipennis

Species

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These 24 species belong to the genus Vostox:

References

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  1. ^ "Vostox Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Vostox". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Lesley, S.D. (2019). "genus Vostox Burr, 1911". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.
  • Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. S2CID 85718043.
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