Chelidurella acanthopygia

Chelidurella acanthopygia is the type species of European earwigs in the genus Chelidurella (family Forficulidae); it was first described by Géné in 1832 (as Forficula acanthopygia).[1] Records of occurrence are from: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.[2]

Chelidurella acanthopygia
C. acanthopygia female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Forficulidae
Subfamily: Anechurinae
Genus: Chelidurella
Species:
C. acanthopygia
Binomial name
Chelidurella acanthopygia
(Géné, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Forficula aptera (Schmidt, 1866)
  • Chelidurella guentheri Galvagni, 1994
  • Forficula xanthopygia (Schmidt, 1866)

References

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  1. ^ Géné (1832) Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto 2: 13.
  2. ^ Dermaptera Species File: species Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)
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