Nala lividipes (Dufour, 1828)
[Japanese name = Hime-Hasami-Mushi]
Photo by K. Kohno (at Ishigaki-jima island, Okinawa pref., Japan)
(Specimen collected by S. Inada at Okinawa-jima Island, Okinawa pref., Japan)
Taxonomy
Family Labiduridae [Japanese family name = Ô-Hasami-Mushi Ka]
Distribution
Japan: Honshu (Kobe (?)), Ishigaki-jima island, Okinawa-jima island; Another countries: Oriental Region, Asia, Hawaii, Australia, South Europe, Africa
Habitat
Plain land (?)
Seasonal Life History
Unknown
Comments by Kohno
This species often attracted to lights on Ishigaki Island. The record in Kobe (Hebard, 1933) seemes to be doubtful (Kohno, 1998b) This species is known as pest of crops like maize (Hargreaves, 1970; Simpson et al., 1992).
References
- Brindle, A., 1966. A Revision to the subfamily Labidurinae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 13(9): 239-269.
- Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University and Japan Wildlife Research Center, 1989. A check list of Japanese insects, I. (Y. Hirashima ed.) Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka and Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, 540 pp.
- Hargreaves, J. R., 1970. The Black Field Earwig. Queensland Agricultural Journal 96: 391-392.
- Hebard, M., 1933. Dermaptera in the collection of the California Academy of Science. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 9: 140-144.
- Kohno, K., 1998a. Question on the distribution of Nala lividipes. Battarigisu 118: 39-40. (in Japanese)
- Kohno, K., 1998b. Notes on the Nala lividipes in Kobe. Battaigisu 119: 7-8. (in Japanese)
- Matsumura, S. and T. Shiraki, 1905. Monographie der Forficuliden Japans. J. Sapporo Agric.Coll. Vol. II. Part 2. 75-86.
- Sakai, S., 1982. A new proposed classification of the Dermaptera with special reference to the check list of the Dermaptera of the world. Bull. Daito Bunka Univ. 20: 1-108.
- Sakai, S., 1990. A Basic Survey for Integrated Taxonomy of the Dermaptera of the World. Dermapterorum Catalogus XXI-XXII: Iconographia VI-VII.
- Simpson, G. B., D. G. Mayer and L. N. Robertson, 1992. Daily trap catches of two earwig (Dermaptera) and three cricket (Orthoptera) species in central Queensland. J. Aust. ent. Soc. 31: 255-262.
- Steinmann, H., 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
last updated on January, 2001
