Forficula Explained

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

Species

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

• Forficula abrutiana
• Forficula aetolica
• Forficula aeolica
• 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
• Forficula mikado
• Forficula planicollis
• Forficula pubescens
• Forficula riffensis
• Forficula ruficollis
• Forficula scudderi
• Forficula silana
• Forficula smyrnensis
• Forficula tomis
• Forficula vicaria
• Forficula vilmi^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Henrik Steinmann . 1989 . Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen [A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent animal groups] . Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II . 1993 . . 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 . en . 190 . 3 . 788–823 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070 . 0024-4082.
3. Web site: Species Forficula vilmi Steinmann, 1989. Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy. 1 March 2017.