Karschiellinae Burr, 19092 genera12 speciessubsahara-Africa, especially equator-near regionsType: Karschiella: Karschiella buettneriBormansia Verhoeff, 1902-> Bormansia aberrans Hincks, 1959 – Malawi-> Bormansia africana Verhoeff, 1902 – Kongo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi-> Bormansia discendens Hincks, 1959 – Mosambik-> Bormansia impressicollis Verhoeff, 1902 – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Africa (=synonym of B. africana)-> Bormansia meridionalis Burr, 1904 – South Africa, Simbabwe, Mosambique-> Bormansia monardi Menozzi, 1937 – Congo, DR Congo, Angola-> Bormansia proxima Hincks, 1959 – Congo, DR Congo, Sambia, North Simbabwe-> Bormansia pusilla Brindle, 1978 – TanzaniaKarschiella Verhoeff, 1902-> Karschiella buettneri (Karsch, 1886) – Congo, DR Congo, Uganda-> Karschiella camerunensis Verhoeff, 1902 – Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Zambia-> Karschiella neavei Burr, 1909 – Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe-> Karschiella pygmaea Rehn, 1933 – AngolaLiterature:Kočárek et al. (2023) Phylogenetic placement of bizarre karschiellid earwigs (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1744-7917.13244)Dermaptera Species File (2024)IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO CHANGE, PLEASE COMMENT IN THIS THREAD
map ranges from 1 species (pale yellow)and 2 species (yellow) to 3 species (shown orange) and 6 species (red). The labelled orange (=dark orange) isn't present anymore.
Pictures of species:Karschiella neavei: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187099829Bormansia impressicollis: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201671339Bormansia meridionalis: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11168653Bormansia cf. meridionalis: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198570215Bormansia sp. nymph: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222833662Bormansia sp. : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191345056https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182366032https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59781604
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