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Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758

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Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae (Holmiae). 10, 823 pp.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Dermaptera
family
Forficulidae
genus
Forficula
species
Forficula auricularia

Name

Synonyms
Forficula bipunctata Petanga, 1789
Forficula borealis Leach, 1835
Forficula caucasica Kolenati, 1846
Forficula dentata Fabricius, 1775
Forficula forcipata Stephens, 1837
Forficula forcipata caucasica Kolenati, 1846
Forficula forcipata var. caucasica Kolenati, 1846
Forficula infumata von Muhlfeld, 1825
Forficula media Marsham, 1802
Forficula neglecta Marsham, 1802
Forficula parallela Fabricius, 1775
Forficula silanoides Karny, 1911
Homonyms
Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig ørentvist in Danish
Common Earwig in English
Common Earwig in English
European Earwig in English
European Earwig in English
European earwig in language.
European earwig in English
European earwig in English
European earwig in English
European earwig in English
Gemeiner Ohrwurm in German
Gemeiner Ohrwurm in German
common earwig in English
gewone oorworm in Dutch
perce-oreille européen in French
Common Earwig in English
Gewone oorworm in Dutch
vanlig tvestjärt in Swedish
Earwig in English
Earwig in English
Earwig in English
European earwig in English
common earwig in English
fiolan-gòbhlach in Scottish Gaelic
fiolanan-gòbhlach in Scottish Gaelic
gewone oorworm in Dutch
gobhlagan in Scottish Gaelic
gòbhlag in Scottish Gaelic

Bibliographic References

  1. Aleksanov. 2015. Life cycle and habitats of the European earwig Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera, Forficulidae) in Kaluga, Russia. Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal 14(3):285-292
  2. Beardsley (1979), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/11090/23_35-44.pdf?sequence=1
  3. Beers, Horton & Miliczky. 2016. Pesticides used against Cydia pomonella disrupt biological control of secondary pests of apple. Biological Control 102:35-43
  4. Beers, Mills, Shearer, Horton, Miliczky, Amarasekare & Gontijo. 2016. Nontarget effects of orchard pesticides on natural enemies: Lessons from the field and laboratory. Biological Control 102:44-52
  5. Buzatto, Buoro, Hazel & Tomkins. 2015. Investigating the genetic architecture of conditional strategies using the environmental threshold model. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences B 282(1821)
  6. Chown, S. L.; Convey, P. (2016). Antarctic Entomology. <em>Annual Review of Entomology.</em> 61(1): 119-137.
  7. Dib, B. Sauphanor & Capowiez. 2017. Report on the life history traits of the generalist predator Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in organic apple orchards in southeastern France. The Canadian Entomologist (Canad. Ent. ) 149(1):56-72
  8. Dib, Jamont, B. Sauphanor & Capowiez. 2016. Individual and combined effects of the generalist Forficula auricularia and the specialist Episyrphus balteatus on Dysaphis plantaginea - are two predators better than one?. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Entomologia Ex. Appl. ) 161(1):1-10
  9. Dib, Jamont, B. Sauphanor & Capowiez. 2016. The feasibility and efficacy of early-season releases of a generalist predator (Forficula auricularia L.) to control populations of the RAA (Dysaphis plantaginea Passerini) in Southeastern France. Bulletin of Entomological Research 106(2):233-241
  10. Drieu & Rusch. 2017. Conserving species-rich predator assemblages strengthens natural pest control in a climate warming context. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 19(1):52-59
  11. Fountain & A. L. Harris. 2015. Non-target consequences of insecticides used in apple and pear orchards on Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Biological Control 91:27-33
  12. Haas, F. (2015-05-25 22:00:00) Lista över permanent i Sverige levande tvestjärtar.
  13. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 64 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of nineteen species belonging to the class Insecta, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific names of three species belonging to the same class which are currently treated as senior Subjective synonyms of the names of such species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E, 61-74 (1957)
  14. Kindvall, Oskar (Dermaptera) (2004-03-25 23:00:00) Sammanvägning av flera källor: Chinery, M. 1997. Insekter i Europa. Översättning och svensk bearbetning Carl-Cedric Coulianos. Bonniers, Stockholm. Vetenskaplig nomenklatur enligt http://www.agr.hr/hed/hrv/ento/inventar/liste/derma.htm
  15. Kirby, WF. 1891. A revision of the Forficulidae with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) (J. Linn. Soc. (Zool. )) 23:524
  16. Kirstova, Pyszko, Sipos, Drozd & Kocarek. 2017. Vertical distribution of earwigs (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in a temperate lowland forest, based on sampling with a mobile aerial lift platform. Entomological Science 20(1):57-64
  17. Koerner, Diehl & Meuniera. 2016. Growing up with feces: benefits of allo-coprophagy in families of the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology 27(6):1775-1781
  18. Koerner, Vogelweith, Foitzik & Meunier. 2017. Condition-Dependent Trade-Off Between Weapon Size and Immunity in Males of the European Earwig. Scientific Reports 7:7988
  19. Kohlmeier, Hollaender & Meunier. 2016. Survival after pathogen exposure in group-living insects: don't forget the stress of social isolation!. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (J. Evol. Biol.) 29(9):1867-1872
  20. Kramer & Meunier. 2016. Maternal condition determines offspring behavior toward family members in the European earwig. Behavioral Ecology 27(2):494-500
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