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]

Labidura
Temporal range: Eocene-Quaternary
Labidura riparia
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "genus Labidura Leach, 1815". Dermaptera Species File. Retrieved 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. ^ "Labidura". St Helena and Ascension Island Natural History. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. ^ Matt Walker (2014-11-17). "World's largest earwig is declared extinct". BBC Earth. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-16.