Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anisolabis maritima
Tijereta, Seaside Earwig
Littoral zone, living beneath debris on beaches, along seashores and in mangroves; sometimes in buildings; predatory on smaller insects; March; not commonly found - perhaps not established; without functional wings.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Dermaptera
Suborder
Catadermaptera
Superfamily
Pygidicranoidea
Family
Carcinophoridae
Genus
Anisolabis
Species
maritima
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1987
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Under watch
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anisolabis maritima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5538. Accessed 5 November 2026.