Labidura
Genus of earwigs
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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 | |
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| Labidura riparia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Labiduridae |
| Subfamily: | Labidurinae |
| Genus: | Labidura Leach, 1815 |
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Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Labidura cryptera Liu, 1946
- Labidura dharchulensis Gangola, 1968
- Labidura elegans Liu, 1946
- Labidura japonica (Haan, 1842)
- Labidura minor Boeseman, 1954
- Labidura orientalis Steinmann, 1979
- Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773)
- Labidura xanthopus (Stal, 1855)
- †Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798)
