Astreptolabis Engel

Engel, Michael S., 2011, New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera), ZooKeys 130, pp. 137-152 : 138

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1293

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F5CFA209-4E07-A3BA-0512-CC2F3C89E0CE

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scientific name

Astreptolabis Engel
status

gen. n.

Astreptolabis Engel   ZBK gen. n.

Type species.

Astreptolabis ethirosomatia Engel, sp. n.

Diagnosis.

As for the subfamily (vide supra).

Etymology.

The new genus-group name is a combination of the Greek words astreptos (meaning, "not curved") and labis (meaning, “forceps”). The name is feminine.