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Nomenclature (6)

  • Forficula ruficeps Burmeister, 1838: 755.
  • Apterygida ruficeps (Burmeister, 1838) in Dohrn, 1862: 231.
  • Metresura ruficeps (Burmeister, 1838) in Steinmann, 1989c: 786-787. Catalog/Collection
  • Metresura ruficeps (Burmeister, 1838) in Estrada-Álvarez, Núñez-Bazán, Luna & Haas, 2025: 221. Catalog/Collection

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Dermatoptera. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 743–756 pp.
  • Dohrn, H. (1862) Die Dermaptera von Mexico. Entomologische Zeitung, 23, 225–232.
  • de Bormans, A. (1893) Forficulidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1(113), 1–12.
  • Brindle, A. (1975) Notes on the neotropical genus Metresura Rehn (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 111, 79–87.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.
  • Estrada-Álvarez, J.C., Núñez-Bazán, R., Luna, M.de & Haas, F. (2025) Taxonomic catalogue of the earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Mexico, with two new nomina dubia. Zootaxa, 5701(3), 201–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.3.1

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: reddish head.