Synonym-paralabellula-curvicauda

Guides

• Paralabella curvicauda

  Curve-tailed earwig

  Paralabella curvicauda is a species of earwig in the family Spongiphoridae, characterized by its distinctive curved forceps (cerci) that give the species its name. The species has a broad distribution across the Neotropics, with extensive records throughout Brazil and presence in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, and Middle America. Like other earwigs, it possesses the typical forceps-like cerci at the abdomen tip and exhibits hemimetabolous development.

  earwigDermapteraSpongiphoridaeNeotropicalBrazilforcepscercihemimetabolousbroad-distributionsynonym-Paralabellula-curvicauda