Forficula minuta Heer 1864 (common earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

Belongs to Forficula according to A. Handlirsch 1907

See also Heer 1864

Sister taxa: Forficula auricularia, Forficula baltica, Forficula bolcensis, Forficula klebsi, Forficula kotejai, Forficula paleocaenica, Forficula paleoligura, Forficula praecursor, Forficula primigenia, Forficula pristina, Forficula recta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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