Labidura Explained

Labidura is a genus of earwigs in the family Labiduridae.^[1] Probably the earliest specimen of Labidura was found in Eocene amber.^[2] Among the Labidura species, Labidura riparia is cosmopolitan, but the Saint Helena earwig (Labidura herculeana) was the largest of all earwigs before its possible extinction after the year of 1967.^{[3] [4]}

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Labidura cryptera Liu, 1946
• Labidura dharchulensis Gangola, 1968
• Labidura elegans Liu, 1946
• Labidura japonica (Haan, 1842)
• Labidura minor Boeseman, 1954
• Labidura orientalis Steinmann, 1979
• Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773)
• Labidura xanthopus (Stal, 1855)
• Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798)

Notes and References

1. Web site: genus Labidura Leach, 1815. Dermaptera Species File. 17 January 2017.
2. M. Burr. 1911. Dermaptera (earwigs) preserved in amber, from Prussia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology 11:145-150
3. Web site: Labidura . St Helena and Ascension Island Natural History . 5 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717014815/http://www.kidstonmill.org.uk/Labidura.htm . 17 July 2011 . live.
4. Web site: World's largest earwig is declared extinct. Matt Walker. BBC Earth. 2014-11-17. en. 2017-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170501144702/http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141117-giant-earwig-declared-extinct. 2017-05-01.