Labidura
Sign in to saveLabidura is a genus of earwigs in the family Labiduridae. Probably the earliest specimen of Labidura was found in Eocene amber. 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.
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It sits within the topics Dermaptera genera, Forficulina and Taxa named by William Elford Leach.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Labidura is a genus of earwigs in the family Labiduridae. Probably the earliest specimen of Labidura was found in Eocene amber. 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.
==Species== The genus contains the following species: 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)
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