Christmas Island earwig
The Christmas Island earwig ("Anisolabis subarmata") is a species of earwig in the family Anisolabididae. Taxonomy. The Christmas Island earwig was described as a new species in 1900 by English entomologist William Forsell Kirby. The holotype had been collected by Charles William Andrews on Christmas Island. Kirbly placed it in the genus "Labia", with a scientific name of "Labia subarmata". Biology and conservation. Very little is known about the Christmas Island earwig, as it is one of twenty-four invertebrate species endemic to Christmas Island that have not been detected since 1902.