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Forficula decipiens

Forficula decipiens is a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae.

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Forficula decipiens
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Forficulidae
Genus: Forficula
Species:
F. decipiens
Binomial name
Forficula decipiens
Gené, 18321
Synonyms2
  • Forficula brevis Rambur (1838)
  • Forficula pallidicornis Brulle (1832)
  • Forficula laminigera Costa (1881)
  • Forficula decipiens var. cyclolabia and var. macrolabia Fieber (1853)

Forficula decipiens is a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae.3

Description

Forficula decipiens can reach a length (forceps included) of 15–19 millimetres (0.59–0.75 in) in both sexes. Head is yellowish orange, pronotum, tegmina and legs are yellowish, while the abdomen is reddish brown.4

Distribution

This species is present in South Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Montenegro and Romania), Asia Minor, and in North Africa.456

References

References

  1. "Forficula decipiens". Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. Sakai, Seiroku (1973-12-25). Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminarus VII: A Basic Survey for Numerical Taxonomy of the Forficulidae, the Dermaptera of the World [Preliminary Catalog of Dermaptera]. Tokyo: Ikegami book publishing Company. pp. 272–275.
  3. Biolib
  4. Henrik Steinmann Das Tierreich: Dermaptera : Eudermaptera
  5. Fauna europaea
  6. Sakai, Seiroku (1973-12-25). Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminarus VII: A Basic Survey for Numerical Taxonomy of the Forficulidae, the Dermaptera of the World [Preliminary Catalog of Dermaptera]. Tokyo: Ikegami book publishing Company. pp. 272–275.