Opisthocosmiinae
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| Opisthocosmiinae | |
|---|---|
| Opisthocosmia sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
| Infraorder: | Epidermaptera |
| Superfamily: | Forficuloidea |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Subfamily: | Opisthocosmiinae Verhoeff, 1902 |
Opisthocosmiinae is a subfamily of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. There are more than 100 described species in Opisthocosmiinae, recorded especially from Asia and the Americas.[1][2]

These 18 genera belong to the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae:
- Acanthocordax Günther, 1929
- Chaetocosmia Nishikawa, 1973
- Cipex Burr, 1910
- Cordax Burr, 1910
- Eparchus Burr, 1907
- Eutimomena Bey-Bienko, 1970
- Hypurgus Burr, 1907
- Neoopisthocosmia Steinmann, 1990
- Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865
- Parasondax Srivastava, 1978
- Parasyntonus Steinmann, 1990
- Paratimomenus Steinmann, 1974
- Pareparchus Burr, 1911
- Prosadiya Hebard, 1923
- Sondax Burr, 1910
- Spinosocordax Steinmann, 1988
- Syntonus Burr, 1910
- Timomenus Burr, 1907