Purex is a genus of earwigs in the family Spongiphoridae; most records are from the Americas, mostly South America. There are around 14 described species in Purex.
Species The Dermaptera Species File lists:
Purex brunneri (de Bormans, 1903) Purex divergens (Burr, 1899) Purex eminens Steinmann, 1989 Purex esquivelae Brindle, 1968 Purex formosus Hebard, 1920 Purex frontalis (Dohrn, 1864) Purex parvicollis (Stål, 1860) Purex propinquus (Burr, 1911) Purex pulchellus Brindle, 1977 Purex remotus (Burr, 1899) Purex sinuatus Brindle, 1971 Purex staudingeri Brindle, 1971 Purex surinamensis Brindle, 1971 Purex versicolor (de Bormans, 1883)
References
Further reading