Esphalmeninae Burr, 1909
2 genera
21 species
Andes, South Africa
Type: Esphalmenus: Esphalmenus lativentris – Typus in Univ. Mus. Santiago, Chile

Esphalmenus Burr, 1909
-> Esphalmenus argentinus Hincks, 1959 – Argentina, Chile
-> Esphalmenus basidentatus Brindle, 1984 – Argentina
-> Esphalmenus camposi (Borelli, 1907) – Ecuador
-> Esphalmenus capensis Brindle, 1967 – South Africa: Cape Province
-> Esphalmenus dentatus Hincks, 1959 – Chile
-> Esphalmenus ecarinatus Brindle, 1973 – South Africa: Cape Province
-> Esphalmenus holmi Steinmann, 1984 – South Africa
-> Esphalmenus inca (Burr, 1903) – Peru, Ecuador
-> Esphalmenus kuscheli Hincks, 1959 – Chile
-> Esphalmenus lativentris (Philippi, 1863) – Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru
-> Esphalmenus mucronatus Hincks, 1959 – Bolivia
-> Esphalmenus nigrinus Brindle, 1984 – Ecuador
-> Esphalmenus peringueyi (de Bormans, 1900) – South Africa
-> Esphalmenus porteri Burr, 1913 – Chile
-> Esphalmenus rostratus Brindle, 1984 – Argentina
-> Esphalmenus silvestrii (Borelli, 1902) – South Argentina: Patagonia, Magellanes; Chile
-> Esphalmenus vulcani Bharadwaj & Kapoor, 1967 – Brazil
-> Esphalmenus weidneri Brindle, 1966 – Chile
Gonolabina Verhoefff, 1902
-> Gonolabina binodosa Brindle, 1967 – Peru
-> Gonolabina spectabilis (Philippi, 1863) – Chile: Santiago, Valparaiso
-> Gonolabina trinodosa Brindle, 1967 – Peru

Literature:
Brindle (1984) The Esphalmeninae (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae): a group of Andean and Southern African earwigs (https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.....1984.tb00053.x)
Steinmann (1986) Catadermaptera I
Steinmann (1989) Catadermaptera II
Steinmann (1989b) World Catalogue of Dermaptera
Dermaptera Species File (2025)

PICTURES:

Esphalmenus argentinus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1473212
Esphalmenus camposi:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1506557
Esphalmenus capensis:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...taxon_id=664996
Esphalmenus dentatus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1507424
Esphalmenus inca:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1473204
Esphalmenus kuscheli:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1507426
Esphalmenus lativentris:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1473211
Esphalmenus nigrinus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1506558
Esphalmenus peringueyi:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...taxon_id=664998
Esphalmenus rostratus:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1473205
Esphalmenus silvestrii:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1432131
Esphalmenus weidneri:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...axon_id=1473208