Saint Helena earwig
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The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) is an extinct species[2] of very large earwig endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.[3]
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Saint Helena earwig | |
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Preserved specimen in the Museum of Saint Helena, Jamestown, with dislocated posterior | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Family: | Labiduridae |
Genus: | Labidura |
Species: | †L. herculeana |
Binomial name | |
†Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Location of Saint Helena | |
Synonyms | |
Labidura loveridgei Zeuner, 1962 |
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