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Labidura herculeana (Saint Helena giant earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Labiduridae

Taxonomy
Forficula herculeana was named by Fabricius (1798) [Has not been found live since 1967, so is probably extinct, but is still classified as "critically endangered" (CR) by IUCN.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Labidura herculeana by Deem (2012).

Synonyms
  • Labidura loveridgei was named by Zeuner (1962). Its type specimen is BMNH In.59871, an exoskeleton (a pair of male cerci and three fragments of the tenth tergite), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prosperous Bay (BOU collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial sandstone in Saint Helena.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Labidura herculeana by Deem (2012).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Forficula herculeana Fabricius p. 185
1962Labidura loveridgei Zeuner p. 651
2012Labidura herculeana Deem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Haplocercata
orderDermaptera
—PandermapteraEngel
—ApodermapteraEngel
suborderNeodermaptera
infraorderEpidermaptera
—Eteodermaptera
—Plesiodermaptera
superfamilyLabiduroideaZacher 1911
familyLabiduridae
subfamilyLabidurinae
genusLabiduraLeach 1815
speciesherculeana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Labidura herculeana Fabricius 1798 [Saint Helena giant earwig]
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Invalid names: Labidura loveridgei Zeuner 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saint Helena Labidura loveridgei (155782)