| Forficula | |
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| Forficula auricularia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Subfamily: | Forficulinae |
| Genus: | Forficula Linnaeus, 1758 |
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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, 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
- 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
References
- Henrik Steinmann (1993) . Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen . Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-012298-5.
- ^ 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. 190 (3): 788–823. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070. ISSN 0024-4082.
- "Species Forficula vilmi Steinmann, 1989". Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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