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Species

Forficula planicollis Kirby, 1891

Nomenclature (23)

  • Forficula planicollis Kirby, 1891: 525.
  • Forficula ambigua Burr, 1904: 321.
  • Forficula cherapunjiae Kapoor, 1968 (subjective synonym of Forficula planicollis Kirby, 1891) in Srivastava, 2013: 419.
  • Forficula ledongae [sic] Hebard, 1923

Nomenclature references (15)

  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1959) Results of the Chinese-Soviet zoological-botanical expeditions 1955-1957 to south-western China. Dermaptera of Szechuan and Yunnan. Revue d‘Entomologie de l‘URSS, 38(3), 590–627; 943. Available at https://www.zin.ru/journals/entrev/PDF/archive/pdf_papers/1959.38/1959.38(3)_590-627.pdf
  • Burr, M. (1904) Observations on the Dermatoptera, including revisions of several genera, and descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1904(Part II), 277–322.
  • Gangola, D. (1965) Studies on the Dermaptera of Kumaon Hills. Part I (Forficulidea). The Entomologist, 98, 227–236.
  • Hebard, M. (1923) Studies on Indian Dermaptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 7, 195–242.
  • Kapoor, V., Bharadwaj, R. & Benerjee (1972) Bull. Ent. New Delhi, 12(1), 37.
  • Kapoor, V.C. (1968) Four new species of the genus Forficula Linnaeus from India. The Entomologist, 101, 11–20.
  • Kapoor, V.C. (1968) On a new species of the genus Anechura Scudder from Khasi Hills, Assam, India (Insecta, Dermaptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 179(1), 33–36.
  • Kapoor, V.C., Bharadwaj, R.K. & Banerjee, S. (1971) Some new species of Dermaptera from India. Bulletin of Entomology. Entomological Society of India, 12(1), 28–40.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Srivastava, G.K. & Saha, S. (1975) Notes on a Collection of Dermaptera from Darjeeling Distr. (India) with the Description of a New Species. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Science), 11(2), 59–69.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (1976) Catalogue of Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper, 2, 1–94.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (1995) Insecta: Dermaptera. State Fauna Series Fauna of Meghalaya, 4(3 Insecta), 291–352.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (2013) Fauna of India and the adjacent countries--Dermaptera: Apachyoidea and Forficuloidea, Part III. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1–469 pp.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.

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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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078
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Etymology:

Latin: flat-necked.