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Genus Doru

Pepper plant bug - Doru taeniatum - male

Doru taeniatum? Female? - Doru taeniatum

Doru aculeatum (Spine-Tailed Earwig)? - Doru aculeatum - female

NJ State Record - Doru aculeatum - Doru aculeatum - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)

Family Forficulidae (Common Earwigs)

Genus Doru

Explanation of Names

Doru Burr 1907

Greek δορυ 'spear'

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), 16 total(2)

Identification

elytra yellow with black suture

Range

in our area, across the US and into ON(3)

Habitat

On grasses and sedges, usually near water(3)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Hopkins H., Maehr M.D., Haas F., Lesley S.D. Dermaptera species file. Version 5.0

3.	Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 December, 2006 - 12:30am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2018 - 9:13am

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