Chelidurella acanthopygia

Species of earwigs

Chelidurella acanthopygia

C. acanthopygia female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Forficulidae
Subfamily:	Anechurinae
Genus:	Chelidurella
Species:	C. acanthopygia
Binomial name
*Chelidurella acanthopygia* (Géné, 1832)
Synonyms
Forficula aptera (Schmidt, 1866) Chelidurella guentheri Galvagni, 1994 Forficula xanthopygia (Schmidt, 1866)

Chelidurella acanthopygia is the type species of European earwigs in the genus Chelidurella (family Forficulidae); it was first described by Géné in 1832 (as Forficula acanthopygia).^[1] Records of occurrence are from: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.^[2]

References

^ Géné (1832) Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto 2: 13.
^ Dermaptera Species File: species Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832) (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 May 2023)