Chelisoches
| Chelisoches | |
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| A black earwig (Chelisoches morio) on a sign in Hawaii Botanical Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Chelisochidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelisochinae |
| Genus: | Chelisoches Scudder, 1876 |
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Chelisoches (name coming from Greek from χηλη οχεω 'pincer-carrier') is a genus of earwigs in the family Chelisochidae. Species are from the Pacific Islands. C. morio has been introduced to California and Florida.