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Genus Forficula

European Earwig - Forficula dentata - male

Dermaptera 01 - Forficula dentata - male - female

Forficula auricularia? - Forficula auricularia

European Earwig - Forficula auricularia - female

this time sitting quietly - Forficula auricularia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)

Family Forficulidae (Common Earwigs)

Genus Forficula

Explanation of Names

Forficula Linnaeus 1758

forficula is Latin for 'earwig' (originally, 'small pincers')

Numbers

Two (adventive) species in NA(1), 75 spp. total(2)

Range

Cosmopolitan, native to the Old World; our species are widely though spottily distributed across NA(1)

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

Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov, metrioptera, carabid_47
Last updated 30 January, 2024 - 8:43am

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