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Forficulidae

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Also known as common earwig, common earwigs, forficulid, forficulids

Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and more than 500 described species in Forficulidae.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDermaptera
  5. FamilyForficulidae
Observations recorded141,455

Los forficúlidos (Forficulidae) son una familia de Dermaptera en el suborden Forficulina. Existen más de 70 géneros y 490 especies descriptas en Forficulidae ​​​​​​ Incluye especies tal como Forficula auricularia (la tijereta común) y Apterygida media.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
671
With media
11
Family
Forficulidae
Collections
MHNCA
Recorded in
Mexico

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Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and more than 500 described species in Forficulidae.

Species in this family include Forficula auricularia (the European earwig or common earwig) and Apterygida media (the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forficulidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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