Forficula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Dermapterida
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordo: Neodermaptera
Infraordo: Epidermaptera
Parvordo: Eteodermaptera
Nanordo: Eudermaptera
Superfamilia: Forficuloidea

Familia: Forficulidae
Subfamilia: Forficulinae
Genus: Forficula
Species: F. abbottabadiensis – F. abrutiana – F. aetolica – F. albertisi –F. apennina – F. auricularia – F. baijali – F. beebei – F. beelzebub – F. berezovskyi – F. bhutanensis – F. biplaga – F. borellii –F. brolemanni – F. burgersi – F. calmar – F. capensis – F. cavallii – F. cherapunjiae – F. chopardi – F. cicero – F. coloniae – F. cristata – F. davidi – F. decipiens – F. doumerci – F. fascinata – F. fistula – F. flavalis – F. flexuosa – F. fontana – F. genitalia – F. gravelyi – F. greeni – F. harberei – F. hinnulea – F. hiromasai – F. iberica – F. indie – F. interrogans – F. jayarami – F. kambaitiensis – F. kashmirensis – F. laeviforceps – F. lesnei – F. lucasi – F. lurida – F. mabillei – F. macrobasis – F. mandarina – F. meenae – F. mikado – F. mogul – F. ornata – F. paratomis – F. planicollis – F. puella – F. redempta – F. riffensis – F. ruficollis – F. sagitta – F. schlagintweiti – F. scudderi – F. senegalensis – F. silana – F. sinica – F. smyrnensis – F. splenidida – F. subauricularia – F. tawangensis – F. tomis – F. vicaria – F. vilmi – F. vkinfomontis – F. vpicta – F. wittmeri
Name

Forficula Carolus Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Emiforficula Menozzi, 1927
Forfidula Houlbert, 1924

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 423. Reference page.

Links

Forficula Taxon details on Fauna Europaea

ZooBank: CD170070-C2BA-4AFE-A339-2D1B4B845C0D

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 auricularia
Forficula apennina
Forficula davidi
Forficula decipiens
Forficula greeni
Forficula harberei
Forficula iberica
Forficula laeviforceps
Forficula lesnei
Forficula lucasi
Forficula lurida
Forficula mikado
Forficula planicollis
Forficula pyrenaica
Forficula pubescens
Forficula riffensis
Forficula ruficollis
Forficula scudderi
Forficula silana
Forficula smyrnensis
Forficula tomis
Forficula vicaria
Forficula vilmi[2]

References

Henrik Steinmann (1993) [1989]. Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen [A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent animal groups]. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-012298-5.
"Species Forficula vilmi Steinmann, 1989". Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 1 March 2017.