Forficula Linnaeus 1758 (common earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Forficulinae according to M. S. Engel and F. Haas 2007

See also Carpenter 1992, Fabricius 1775, Fabricius 1798, Geoffroy 1762, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766, Scopoli 1763, Theobald 1937 and Wappler et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Forficula auricularia Forficula baltica Forficula bolcensis Forficula klebsi Forficula kotejai Forficula minuta Forficula paleocaenica Forficula paleoligura Forficula praecursor Forficula primigenia Forficula pristina Forficula recta

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (4)

• Eocene of Denmark (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences

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