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Detailed information on the earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.| Family | Subfamily | Species | Author | Type Locality | |
| 1 | Anisolabididae | Anisolabidinae | Anisolabis hottentotta | (Dohrn, 1867) | Caffraria |
| 2 | Euborellia annulipes | (Lucas, 1847) | |||
| 3 | Euborellia antoni | (Dohrn, 1864) | |||
| 4 | Euborellia flava | Steinmann, 1981 | Zululand | ||
| 5 | Antisolabidinae | Antisolabis meridionalis | (Brindle, 1978) | Cape Province | |
| 6 | Antisolabis myrmecoides | Burr, 1911 | Cape Province | ||
| 7 | Antisolabis sulcatipes | Burr, 1911 | Cape Province | ||
| 8 | Brachylabidinae | Ctenisolabis ruficollis | (Hincks, 1957) | Cape Province | |
| 9 | Ctenisolabis traegaordhi | (Burr, 1913) | Natal | ||
| 10 | Isolabiinae | Isolabis usambarana | (Verhoeff, 1902) | ||
| 11 | Apachyidae | Apachyinae | Apachyus depressus | (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | |
| 12 | Apachyus reichardi | Karsch, 1886 | |||
| 13 | Forficulidae | Diaperasticinae | Diaperasticus erythrocephalus | (Olivier, 1791) | Cape of Good Hope |
| 14 | Diaperasticus sansibaricus | (Karsch, 1886) | |||
| 15 | Forficulinae | Afroforficula brongersmai | (Boeseman, 1954) | ||
| 16 | Afroforficula capeneri | (Hincks, 1957) | Natal | ||
| 17 | Afroforficula kaffir | (Burr, 1911) | Cape Province | ||
| 18 | Forficula coloniae | (Burr, 1911) | Cape Provice | ||
| 19 | Forficula lucasi | Dohrn, 1865 | |||
| 20 | Forficula picta | Kirby, 1891 | Zululand | ||
| 21 | Forficula senegalensis | Audinet-Serville, 1839 | |||
| 22 | Guanchia rugosula | (Hincks, 1957) | Cape Province | ||
| 23 | Proforficula peringueyi | (Burr, 1903) | Cape Province | ||
| 24 | Proforficula promontori | (Burr, 1911) | Cape Province | ||
| 25 | Proforficula purcelli | (Burr, 1911) | Cape Province | ||
| 26 | Proforficula stuckenbergi | (Brindle, 1973) | Cape Province | ||
| 27 | Opisthocosmiinae | Syntonus africanus | (Brindle, 1973) | Cape Province | |
| 28 | Hemimeridae | Hemimerinae | Hemimerus deceptus | Rehn & Rehn, 1936 | South Africa |
| 29 | Karschiellidae | Karschiellinae | Bormansia impressicollis | Verhoeff, 1902 | |
| 30 | Bormansia meridionalis | Burr, 1904 | Transvaal | ||
| 31 | Labiduridae | Labidurinae | Labidura riparia | (Pallas, 1773) | |
| 32 | Nalinae | Nala intermedia | Menozzi, 1937 | ||
| 33 | Nala lividipes | (Dufour, 1828) | |||
| 34 | Pygidicranidae | Blandicinae | Alloblandex granulatus | Hincks, 1957 | Cape Province |
| 35 | Blandex africanus | Steinmann, 1974 | South Africa | ||
| 36 | Blandex solvendus | Burr, 1912 | South Africa | ||
| 37 | Blandex variegatus | Hincks, 1957 | Cape Province | ||
| 38 | Echinosomatinae | Echinosoma wahlbergi | Dohrn, 1863 | Caffraria | |
| 39 | Esphalmeninae | Esphalmenus capensis | Brindle, 1967 | Cape Province | |
| 40 | Esphalmenus ecarinatus | Brindle, 1973 | South Africa | ||
| 41 | Pygidicraninae | Dacnodes caffra | (Dohrn, 1867) | Caffraria | |
| 42 | Dacnodes liturata | (Stål, 1855) | Caffraria | ||
| 43 | Spongiphoridae | Labiinae | Labia minor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| 44 | Paralabella curvicauda | (Motschulsky, 1863) | |||
| 45 | Sparattinae | Chaetospania pittarelli | Borelli, 1906 | ||
| 46 | Chaetospania villica | (Burr, 1911) | Cape Colony | ||
| 47 | Spongiphorinae | Spongovostox marginalis | (Thunberger, 1827) | ||
| 48 | Spongovostox quadrimaculatus | (Stål, 1855) | Natal |