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genus Forficula Linnaeus, 1758

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (17):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. 10(1):423 >> Forficula    urn:lsid:Dermaptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:180410
  • Géné. 1837. Annali delle Scienze Regno Lombardo-Veneto 7:82-90 >> Note: key >> Forficula
  • Fenard. 1896. 142 pp >> Note: abdomen >> Forficula
  • Schröder. 1925. 3:221 >> Note: fossils >> Forficula
  • Kuhl. 1925. Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 30:145-152 >> Note: cerci >> Forficula
  • Hincks. 1957. South African Animal Life 4(Chapter 2):33-94 >> Forficula
  • Herter. 1960. Zoologische Beiträge NF 5:199-239 >> Forficula
  • Brindle. 1966. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 102:147-149 >> Note: ecology >> Forficula
  • Nishikawa. 1969. Kontyu 38(1):75-83 >> Note: check list >> Forficula
  • Lamb, RJ. 1976. Can. Entomol. 108(2):213-216 >> Note: behaviour >> Forficula
  • White, M. 1976. ANIMAL CYTOGENETICS 3(Insecta 2):49-59 >> Note: chromosome >> Forficula
  • Ler. 1986. 317-323 >> Note: check list >> Forficula
  • Steinmann. 1989. SERIES ENTOMOLOGICA 43:807 >> Forficula
  • O'Hara. 1996. Can. Entomol. 128((1) January-February):15-26 >> Note: parasitism >> Forficula
  • Klass. 2001. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 131:251-307 >> Note: morphology >> Forficula
  • Matzke. 2012. In Hartmann & Weipert. Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya IV:175 >> Note: Key to the Nepal species of Forficula. >> Forficula
  • Belkair, Mazzia, Pasquet & Capowiez. 2018. Biocontrol Science and Technology 28(9):823-836 >> Forficula
• Type species information not available.
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Forficulariae Latreille, 1810.

• synonym Emiforficula Menozzi, 1927
• synonym Forfidula Houlbert, 1924
• species group auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
• species aeolica Gonzalez-Miguens & Garcia-Paris, 2020
• species auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
• species dentata Fabricius, 1775
• species mediterranea Gonzalez-Miguens & Garcia-Paris, 2020
• species abbottabadiensis Bharadwaj & Kapoor, 1967
• species aetolica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• species albertisi Dubrony, 1879
• species apennina Costa, 1881
• species baijali Kapoor, 1968
• species beebei Burr, 1911
• species beelzebub (Burr, 1900)
• synonym acris Burr, 1905
• synonym celeris Burr, 1905
• synonym ignota Burr, 1909
• species berezovskyi Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species bhutanensis Brindle, 1975
• species biplaga Bey-Bienko, 1959
• species borellii Brindle, 1973
• species brolemanni Borelli, 1907
• species burgersi Günther, 1929
• species calmar Steinmann, 1988
• species capensis Thunberger, 1827
• species cavallii (Borelli, 1906)
• species cherapunjiae Kapoor, 1968
• species chopardi Hincks, 1947
• species cicero Steinmann, 1988
• species coloniae (Burr, 1911)
• species cristata Srivastava, 1982
• species davidi Burr, 1905
• subspecies davidi Burr, 1905
• subspecies externa Bey-Bienko, 1959
• species decipiens Géné, 1832
• synonym brevis Rambur, 1838
• synonym laminigera Costa, 1881
• synonym pallidicornis Brulle, 1832
• species doumerci Audinet-Serville, 1838
• species fascinata Thunberger, 1827
• species fistula Steinmann, 1990
• species flavalis Brindle, 1983
• species flexuosa Fabricius, 1775
• species fontana Steinmann, 1988
• species genitalia Kapoor, 1968
• species gravelyi Burr, 1914
• species greeni Burr, 1907
• synonym pulchellus (Burr, 1901)
• species harberei Burr, 1911
• synonym ruficeps Shiraki, 1905
• species hinnulea Hincks, 1947
• species hiromasai Nishikawa, 1970
• species iberica Steinmann, 1981
• species indie Kapoor, 1968
• species interrogans Burr, 1905
• species jayarami Srivastava, 1972
• species kambaitiensis Hincks, 1947
• species kashmirensis Srivastava, 1984
• species lesnei Finot, 1887
• species lucasi Dohrn, 1865
• synonym barroisi Bolivar, 1893
• synonym escherichi Krauss, 1895
• species lurida Fischer, 1853
• synonym orientalis Burr, 1900
• species mabillei Rochenberg, 1883
• species macrobasis Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species mandarina Borelli, 1915
• species meenae Kapoor, 1974
• species mikado Burr, 1904
• synonym diminuta (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1905)
• synonym longipygi (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1905)
• species mogul Burr, 1904
• species nepalensis Kapoor & Malla, 1980
• species ornata de Bormans, 1884
• species paratomis Steinmann, 1985
• species picta Kirby, 1891
• species planicollis Kirby, 1891
• synonym ambigua Burr, 1904
• synonym bhatnagari Gangola, 1965
• synonym gardneri Kapoor, Bharadwaj & Benerjee, 1972
• synonym lebongae Hebard, 1923
• species puella Steinmann, 1988
• species redempta Burr, 1905
• species riffensis Burr, 1909
• species ruficollis Fabricius, 1798
• synonym baetica Rambur, 1838
• species sagitta Semenov, 1936
• subspecies rufula Bey-Bienko, 1967
• subspecies sagitta Semenov, 1936
• species schlagintweiti (Burr, 1904)
• species scudderii de Bormans, 1880
• synonym robusta Semenov, 1908
• synonym scudderi de Bormans, 1880
• synonym vrobusta Semenov, 1908
• species senegalensis Audinet-Serville, 1838
• synonym imprevista Burr, 1907
• synonym rodziankoi Semenov, 1901
• synonym serrata Dohrn, 1865
• species silana Costa, 1881
• synonym targionii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• species sinica Bey-Bienko, 1933
• species smyrnensis Audinet-Serville, 1838
• species splenidida Bey-Bienko, 1933
• species subauricularia Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species tawangensis Srivastava, 1983
• species tomis (Kolenati, 1846)
• synonym elongata Eversmann, 1859
• synonym hellmanni Kittary, 1849
• synonym mesmini Azam, 1906
• synonym pomerantzevi Semenov, 1903
• species vicaria Semenov, 1902
• synonym burriana Semenov, 1907
• species vilmi Steinmann, 1989
• synonym modesta Menozzi, 1929
• species wittmeri Srivastava, 1982

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