Dermaptera Species File
genus

Forficula Linnaeus, 1758

Type

Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 type species by subsequent designation of Forficula Linnaeus, 1758

Nomenclature (59)

  • Forficula Linnaeus, 1758: 423.

    type species by subsequent designation Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 in Latreille, 1810: 433

  • Forficula Linnaeus, 1758 in Latreille, 1802: 268.
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  • Forficula Linnaeus, 1758 in Matzke, 2012: 175. Key
  • Forficula Linnaeus, 1758 in Belkair, Mazzia, Pasquet & Capowiez, 2018 Behavior; Ecology

Nomenclature references (56)

  • Belkair, S.A., Mazzia, C., Pasquet, A. & Capowiez, Y. (2018) Temporal activity of spiders and earwigs during winter in apple trees under a Mediterranean climate. BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 28(9), 823–836.
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1936) Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'URSS, 1–239. [in Russian; with summary, key and index in English pp. 208-239]
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  • Borelli, A. (1909) Forficole raccolte dal Prof. F. Silvestri nell‘America Settentrionale e nelle isole Havvaii. Bolletino del Labratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola superiore d‘Agricoltura in Portici, 3(Maggio), 314–328.
  • Borelli, A. (1923) Dermapteres du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 11(4), 412–434.
  • Brindle, A. (1966) A new species of Forficula L. (Dermaptera, Forficulidae) from Africa. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 102, 147–149.
  • Brindle, A. (1971) A key to the Ethiopian species of Forficula L (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 107, 195–199.
  • Brindle, A. (1973) The Dermaptera of Africa. Pt I. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Series no 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 205, 1–335.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodomus der europäischen Orthopteren. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 466 pp.
  • Burr, M. (1907) A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermatoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1907, 91–134. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48288#page/303/
  • Burr, M. (1910) The Fauna of British India: Dermaptera (Earwigs). Taylor and Francis, London, 217 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8271/
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • Burr, M. (1912) Die Dermaptera des k.k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 26, 63–108.
  • Burr, M. (1914) Notes on the identity of the Dermaptera described by Thunberg. Entomologist's Record, 26, 138–139.
  • Burr, M. (1916) On the male genital armature of the Dermaptera. Part III: Eudermaptera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, Dec.1916;Ser.2, 1–18.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1913) Notes on the Nearctic orthopterous insects. I. Nonsaltatorial forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 595–614.
  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et Dermaptères. Faune de France, 3, 212 pp.
  • de Bormans, A. & Krauss, H.A. (1900) Forficulidae und Hemimeridae. Das Tierreich, 11, 142 pp.
  • Dohrn, H. (1865) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Entomologische Zeitung, 26, 68–99.
  • Fenard, M.A. (1896) Recherches sur les organes complementaire internes de l’appareil genital des Orthopteres. Theses presentees a la facultedes sciences de Paris. L. Danel, Lille, 143 pp. PhD thesis.
  • Gené, C.G. (1837) Descrizione di cinque nuove forficole d'Europa con alcune osservazioni intorno a varie specie giá conosciute di questo genere. Annali Museo Civico Storia nat Genova, 7, 82–90.
  • Harz, K. & Kaltenbach, A. (1976) Die Orthopteren Europas III. Dr. W. Junk B. V. In Die Orthopteren Europas III. Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague. Vol. 3, 1–434 pp.
  • Herter, K. (1960) Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie des Meeresstrand-Ohrwurmes Anisolabis maritima Bor. Zoologische Beiträge, Neue Folge, 5, 199–239.
  • Hincks, W. (1947) Entomological results from Swedish expedition 1934 to Burma and British India. Dermaptera collected by Rene Malaise. Arkiv för Zoologi, 39A, 1–43.
  • Hincks, W. (1957) The Earwigs of South Africa. South African Animal Life, 4(Chapter 2), 33–94.
  • Houlbert, C. (1924) Thysanoure--Dermapteres et Orthopteres de France et de la faune europeene, Tome Premier. Octave Doin, Paris, 377 pp.
  • Kapoor, V. (1967) Catalogue on the Indian Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research, 16(1), 1–42.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891) A revision of the Forficulidae with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 23, 502–531. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31595946
  • Klass, K. (2001) The female abdomen of the viviparous earwig Hemimerus vosseleri (Insecta: Dermaptera: Hemimeridae), with a discussion of the postgenital abdomen of Insecta. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131, 251–307.
  • Kuhl, W. (1925) Die Variabilität der abdominalen Körperanhänge bei Forficula auricularia L. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 30, 145–152.
  • Lamb, R. (1976) Dispersal by nesting earwigs Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 108(2), 213–216.
  • Latreille, P.A. (1802) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, France, xii + 13–467. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884921
  • Latreille, P.A. (1810) Consideration générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant les classes des Crustaces, des Arachnides, et des Insectesl; avec un Tableau methodique de leurs genres, disposes en families. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp.
  • Lehr, P.A. (1986) Keys to Insects of the Far East of the USSR in 6 Volumes. Vol. 1. Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Hemimetabola. Nauka, Leningrad, 205 pp. [in Russian]
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th ed. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm, Vol. 1, 824 pp. Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
  • Lucas, W. (1920) A Monograph of the British Orthoptera. Adlard & Son and West Newman, Ltd., London and Dorking, 264 pp.
  • Matzke, D. (2012) A contribution to the fauna of earwings of Nepal with description of a new species (Insecta: Dermaptera). In Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya: Vol. IV. Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Erfurt. pp. 149–177.
  • Menozzi, C. (1927) Dermatteri del Deutsches Entomologisches Museum di Dahlem-Berlin. Entomologische Mitteilungen, 16, 234–240.
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  • Nishikawa, M. (1970) On the Genus Forficula of Japan including the Ryukyus (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). Kontyû, Tokyo Entomological Society, 38(1), 75–83.
  • O'Hara, J.E. (1996) Earwig parasitoids of the genus Triarthria Stephens (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the New World. The Canadian Entomologist, 128(1) January-February), 15–26.
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  • Scudder, S.H. (1876) Brief synopsis of North American earwigs, with an appendix on the fossil species. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 2, 249–260.
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  • Srivastava, G.K. (1976) Catalogue of Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper, 2, 1–94.
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  • Steinmann, H. (1975) Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21, 195–220.
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  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.
  • Steinmann, H. (1993) Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II. Das Tierreich, 108, 709 pp.
  • Townes, H. (1945) A list of the generic and subgeneric names of the Dermaptera, with their genotypes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 38, 343–356.
  • White, M. (1976) Dermaptera. ANIMAL CYTOGENETICS, 3(Insecta 2), 49–59.
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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1023
superspecies1001
species89376168
subspecies3047