Labidura

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Labidura
Temporal range: Eocene-Quaternary
File:Labidura riparia.jpg
Labidura riparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Labiduridae
Subfamily: Labidurinae
Genus: Labidura
Leach, 1815
Species

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Synonyms
  • Demogorgon Kirby, 1891
  • Forficesila Audinet-Serville, 1831

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

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The genus contains the following species:[1]

References

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