Arixenia esau
| Arixenia esau | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Arixeniina |
| Family: | Arixeniidae |
| Genus: | Arixenia |
| Species: | A. esau |
| Binomial name | |
| Arixenia esau Jordan 1909 [1] | |
Arixenia esau is a species of earwig, one of three species in the genus Arixenia.
This species is parasitic on bats, including the hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus).[2] It viviparous, giving birth to live offspring that develop in a uterus.[3]
References
- ↑ http://earwigs-online.de/names.html
- ↑ White, M. J. D. (1972). The chromosomes of Arixenia esau Jordan (Dermaptera). Chromosoma 36(4), 338-42.
- ↑ Tworzydlo, W., et al. (2013). Embryos of the viviparous dermapteran, Arixenia esau develop sequentially in two compartments: terminal ovarian follicles and the uterus. PLoS ONE 8(5): e64087.
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