Forficula praecursor Burr 1911 (common earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae

Full reference: M. Burr. 1911. Dermaptera (earwigs) preserved in amber, from Prussia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology 11:145-150

Belongs to Forficula according to M. Burr 1911

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

Type specimen: Klebs 4182, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Klebs collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection

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