Labidura

Labidura is a genus of earwigs in the family Labiduridae.^[1] Probably the earliest specimen of Labidura was found in Eocene amber.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

Labidura Temporal range: Eocene-Quaternary
Labidura riparia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Labiduridae
Subfamily:	Labidurinae
Genus:	Labidura Leach, 1815
Species
See text
Synonyms
Demogorgon Kirby, 1891 Forficesila Audinet-Serville, 1831

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

• 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)