Forficula mediterranea
| Forficula mediterranea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Genus: | Forficula |
| Species: | F. mediterranea |
| Binomial name | |
| Forficula mediterranea González-Miguéns & García-París, 2020 | |
Forficula mediterranea is a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae and in the cryptic Forficula auricularia species complex. It was formally described by González-Miguéns & García-París in 2020.[1][2]
The distribution of F. mediterranea includes eastern and southern Spain, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily, and from Baja California to Southern California.[1] In California, F. mediterranea is found in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.[3] It overlaps in population with Forficula dentata in the latter two counties.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Dermaptera Species File - Forficula dentata Fabricius, 1775". dermaptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ González-Miguéns, Rubén; Muñoz-Nozal, Eva; Jiménez-Ruiz, Yolanda; Mas-Peinado, Paloma; Ghanavi, Hamid R; García-París, Mario (2020-11-01). "Speciation patterns in the Forficula auricularia species complex: cryptic and not so cryptic taxa across the western Palaearctic region". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (3): 788–823. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ "Summary and records of BOLD:ACM1437". Bold Systems. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
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