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Anisolabis howarthi

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Suborder
  
Forficulina

Scientific name
  
Anisolabis howarthi

Phylum
  
Order
  
Dermaptera

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Anisolabis howarthi is a blind, troglobite species of earwig in the genus Anisolabis, the family Anisolabididae, the suborder Forficulina, and the order Dermaptera. The species is native to Hawaii, and was first classified by Brindle in 1979. According to a paper published by him in 1980 in the journal Pacific Insects, the species is first known true troglobite earwig; while there are other blind species that live underneath soil or humus, this is the first to actually inhabit a cave.

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