Unidentified-larvae

Guides

• Merope tuber

  forcepfly, earwigfly

  Merope tuber is the sole species in the genus Merope and the only living member of the family Meropeidae in North America. The species occurs in eastern North America from Ontario to Georgia and west to Kansas, with recent records from Florida. Adults are nocturnal and secretive, rarely encountered due to their ground-dwelling habits. The species is notable for the large genital forceps present on male abdomens, which resemble the cerci of earwigs. Immature stages remain unknown, and much of the species' biology is poorly understood.

  relictcrypticnocturnalground-dwellingendemicNorth-AmericaMecopteraMeropeidaeforcepflyearwigflyunknown-biologyunidentified-larvae