Labidura is a genus of earwigs in the family Labiduridae. Probably the earliest specimen of Labidura was found in Eocene amber.M. Burr. 1911. Dermaptera (earwigs) preserved in amber, from Prussia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series: Zoology 11:145-150 Among the Labidura species, Labidura riparia is cosmopolitan, but the Saint Helena earwig (Labidura herculeana) was the largest of all earwigs before its possible extinction after the year of 1967.
Species The genus contains the following species:
Labidura cryptera Liu, 1946 Labidura dharchulensis Gangola, 1968 Labidura elegans Liu, 1946 Labidura japonica (Haan, 1842) Labidura minor Boeseman, 1954 Labidura orientalis Steinmann, 1979 Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773) Labidura xanthopus (Stal, 1855) Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798)
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