Forficula

Forficula is a genus of earwigs in the family Forficulidae. The best known species is Forficula auricularia.

Forficula
Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Forficulidae
Subfamily:	Forficulinae
Genus:	Forficula Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Species

The genus Forficula contains at least 68 species,^[1] making it the largest genus of earwigs.^{[citation needed]} Some species are listed below:

• Forficula abrutiana
• Forficula aetolica
• Forficula aeolica^[2]
• Forficula auricularia
• Forficula apennina
• Forficula davidi
• Forficula decipiens
• Forficula dentata^[2]
• Forficula greeni
• Forficula harberei
• Forficula iberica
• Forficula laeviforceps
• Forficula lesnei
• Forficula lucasi
• Forficula lurida
• Forficula mediterranea^[2]
• Forficula mikado
• Forficula planicollis
• Forficula pubescens
• Forficula riffensis
• Forficula ruficollis
• Forficula scudderi
• Forficula silana
• Forficula smyrnensis
• Forficula tomis
• Forficula vicaria
• Forficula vilmi^[3]

References

1. Henrik Steinmann (1993) [1989]. Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen [A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent animal groups]. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-012298-5.
2. González-Miguéns, Rubén; Muñoz-Nozal, Eva; Jiménez-Ruiz, Yolanda; Mas-Peinado, Paloma; Ghanavi, Hamid R; García-París, Mario (2020-11-07). "Speciation patterns in the Forficula auricularia species complex: cryptic and not so cryptic taxa across the western Palaearctic region". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (3): 788–823. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070. ISSN 0024-4082.
3. "Species Forficula vilmi Steinmann, 1989". Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

• Media related to Forficula at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Forficula at Wikispecies