Mixocosmia cavernicola , Brindle 1979

Estrada-Álvarez, Julio Cesar, Núñez-Bazán, Reinier, Luna, Manuel De & Haas, Fabian, 2025, Taxonomic catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Mexico, with two new nomina dubia, Zootaxa 5701 (3), pp. 201-246 : 216

5.4.1 Mixocosmia cavernicola, Brindle 1979 ( ♂ ♀)

Ancistrogaster sp. ct. toltecus Elliott & Reddell 1973: 197 (det. A. B. Gurney and A. Brindle) [Cueva de la Puente [ SLP]].

Mixocosmia cavernicola Brindle 1979: 153 ; Fig. 6 (D ♂ ♀) [sp. n.] [Cuevas de la Puente, 3000 m. 20 km. S. San Francisco, 40 km. E. San Luis Potosi, S. L. P., Mexico (LT)]. Steinmann 1989b: 685 [ Mexico]. Steinmann 1993: 216. Palacios-Vargas & Reddell 2012: 80 [ San Luis Potosí]. Palacios-Vargas et al. 2014: 57 [Cueva de Carnicerías(sic), San Luis Potosí but is probably an accidental]. Miles 2015: 37 [Cuevas de la Puente, 3000 m. 20 km. S. San Francisco, 40 km. E. San Luis Potosi, S. L. P., Mexico]. Steinmann, 1989b: 685.

Type material. ♂ Holotype , 1♂ 3♀♀ Paratypes (including Allotype) in NMNH ; ♂ ♀ Paratypes in MMUE .

Known distribution. Mexico (endemic).

Distribution within Mexico. SLP: Mpty. Zaragoza, Cuevas de la Puente.

Notes. The locality Cueva de Carnicerías in Palacios-Vargas et al. (2014) is erroneous.