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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Earwigs (Dermaptera) » Striped Earwigs (Labiduridae) » Labidura » Shore Earwig (Labidura riparia)

Species Labidura riparia - Shore Earwig

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)
Family Labiduridae (Striped Earwigs)
Genus Labidura
Species riparia (Shore Earwig)
Other Common Names
Striped Earwig
Explanation of Names
Labidura riparia (Pallas 1773)
riparia = 'pertaining to river banks'
Identification
Extremely variable over its global range
Range
Cosmopolitan; introduced in NA, occurs across the southern states(1)
Habitat
Coastal/riparian (along margins of various water bodies)(1)(2)
Food
Preys on various invertebrates, but may occasionally switch to plant material(2)
Remarks
Emits repulsive odor(1)
Works Cited
1.Choate P. M. () The order Dermaptera (earwigs) in Florida and the United States
2.The Earwigs of California (Order Dermaptera)
R.L. Langston & J.A. Powell. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 20: 1-25.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 19 December, 2006 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2015 - 4:54pm

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