Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895
2 genera
11 species
subsahara-Africa
Type: Hemimerus: Hemimerus talpoides
sister taxon of Forficulidae

Araeomerus Maa, 1974
-> Araeomerus hubbardi Maa, 1974 – Tanzania
-> Araeomerus morrisi (Hanney, 1963) – Malawi
Hemimerus Walker, 1871
-> Hemimerus advectus Rehn & Rehn, 1936 – Angola
-> Hemimerus bouvieri Chopard, 1934 – DR Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
-> Hemimerus deceptus Rehn & Rehn, 1936 – Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa (Transvaal)
-> Hemimerus hanseni Sharp, 1895 – Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Kenya, Uganda
-> Hemimerus prolixus Maa, 1974 – Mozambique
-> Hemimerus sessor Rehn & Rehn, 1936 – Kenya, Uganda
-> Hemimerus talpoides Walker, 1871 – Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
-> Hemimerus vicinus Rehn & Rehn, 1936 – Nigeria
-> Hemimerus vosseleri Rehn & Rehn, 1936 – DR Congo, Tanzania, Kenya

Literature:
Rehn & Rehn (1937) Further notes on the genus Hemimerus (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064268)
Beylerian (1965) The functional anatomy of Hemimerus vosseleri Rehn, 1936 (https://www.proquest.com/openview/378796...bl=18750&diss=y)
Nakata & Maa (1974) A review of tthe parasitic earwigs (Dermaptera: Arixeniina; Hemimerina) (http://hbs.bpbmwebdata.org/pi/pdf/16(2)-307.pdf)
Dermaptera Species File (2024)

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this map shows the mentioned countries from the cited literature

Pictures of species:

Hemimerus sp.:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97581442
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97394174

Hemimerus hanseni:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253728417