Forficula decipiens

Forficula decipiens
	male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Forficulidae
Genus:	Forficula
Species:	F. decipiens
Binomial name
	Forficula decipiens; Gené, 1832
Synonyms
	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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Forficula decipiens". Retrieved 2009-03-29.
↑ 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.
↑ Biolib
1 2 Henrik Steinmann Das Tierreich: Dermaptera : Eudermaptera
↑ Fauna europaea
↑ 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.

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[Zipcode_Zoo-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

[AA-4] 1 2 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.

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