Species Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773)
Common Brown Earwig
- Forficula riparia Pallas, P.S. 1773. Reisen durch Verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1768–1774. St Petersburg : Akadem. Buchhandl. unknown pp. [727].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Irtysh River, Russia. - Forficula pallipes Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [270].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, insulis promontorii viridis. Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Europe.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [377].- Forficula bilineata Herbst, J.F.W. 1786. Fortsetzung des Verzeichnisses meiner Insecten-Sammlung. Zweite Klasse. (Orthoptera). Archiv der Insectengeschichte 7–8: 183-196 Taf. 49-56 [183].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMB (depository uncertain), Europe.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [377]. - Forficula gigantea Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [224].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMUC 3 specimens, Europe (as Europa auftraliori). - Forficula bidens Olivier, A.G. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Dictionnaire des Insectes. Paris : Pankouke Vol. 6(2) pp. 369-704. [466].
Type data:
Holotype MTKD ♂, Jamaica (as Jamaïque). - Forficula crenata Olivier, A.G. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Dictionnaire des Insectes. Paris : Pankouke Vol. 6(2) pp. 369-704. [467].
Type data:
Holotype MTKD ♀, Central Africa (as midi de l'Afrique). Type data:
Holotype ZMUC ♀, Guinea (exact country not known).- Forficula erythrocephala Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 2 viii 519 pp. [4].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC ♂, West Indies (as Americae meridonalis Insulis). - Forficula rufescens Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1805. Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique, dans les royaumes d'Oware, a Saint-Dominique, et dans les États-Unis, pendant les Années 1786–1797. Paris : Levrault 267 pp. [35].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, France (as dans les environs de l'établissement français). - Psalis morbida Serville, J.G.A. 1831. Revue méthodique des insects de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 22: 28-65, 134-167, 262-292 [35].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, unknown (as Patrie inconnue). - Forficula bivittata Klug, J.C.F. 1838. [Description] p. 751 in Burmeister, H. Handbuch der Entomologie. Band II. Abtheil II. Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha. Erste Hälfte. Orthoptera. pp. vii + 396–756. [751].
Type data:
Status unknown, ZMB (depository uncertain), Spain.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Forficula (Forficesila) suturalis Burmeister, H. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vol. II. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin pp. 397-756. [752].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB ♂ (depository uncertain), Colombia. - Forficula marginella Costa, A. 1839. Degl'Insetti nouvie e rari della provincia di Terra d'otranto. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze, Sezione della Societa reale Borbonica 4: 50-51 [50].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Italy.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Forficesila terminalis Serville, J.G.A. 1839. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Suite à Buffon. Orthoptères. Paris : Roret 776 pp. [25].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2♀, l'Ile de France. - Forficesila icterica Serville, J.G.A. 1839. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Suite à Buffon. Orthoptères. Paris : Roret 776 pp. [25].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Pondicherry (as Pondichéri), India. - Forficula bicolor Motschulsky, V. 1846. [Descriptions] p. 42 in Fischer van Waldheim, G. Ortoptera Imperii Rossici. Entomograph. Imperii Rossici 4: 27-50 pl. 1 [42].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Russia (as Tauride). - Forficula fischeri Motschulsky, V. 1846. [Descriptions] p. 42 in Fischer van Waldheim, G. Ortoptera Imperii Rossici. Entomograph. Imperii Rossici 4: 27-50 pl. 1 [42].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Transcaucasia.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Forficesila affinis Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1856. Ortopteros. pp. 136-138 in Sagra, R. de la (ed.). Historia fisica, politica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. Paris : Bertran Vol. 7 pp. 136-148 pl. 12. [137].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (depository uncertain), Cuba.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Forficula amurensis Motschulsky, V. von 1859. Catalogue des insectes rapportés des environs du fleuve Amour, depuis la Shilka jusqu'a Nikolaëvsk. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32: 487-507 [499] [nom. nud.].
- Labidura servillei Dohrn, H. 1863. Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 24: 309-322 [316].
Type data:
Holotype IZW ♂, Madras, India (as India orientali: Madras). - Labidura auditor Scudder, S.H. 1876. A century of Orthoptera. Decade V. Forficulariae (Exotic). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18: 251-257 [252].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂, Brazil.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Labidura riparia inermis Brunner, C. von Wattenwyl 1882. Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann xxxii 466 pp. 11 taf. [5].
Type data:
Status unknown, NHMW (depository uncertain), Europe.Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [378]. - Labidura granulosa Kirby, W.F. 1891. A revision of the Forficulidae, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 23: 502-531 1 pl. [511].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Philippines. - Labidura pluvialis Kirby, W.F. 1891. A revision of the Forficulidae, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 23: 502-531 1 pl. [512].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Raine Island. - Labidura clarki Kirby, W.F. 1891. A revision of the Forficulidae, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 23: 502-531 1 pl. [512].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (as Rio Jainero). - Labidura distincta Rodzianko, W.N. 1897. Forficulidarum species novas. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 16: 153-154 [153].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW ♂ ♀, Baku, Azerbaijan (as Transcaucasia, in districto Dshewat [Engikend] provinciae Baku). - Labidura riparia mixta Bolivar, I. 1897. Catálago sinóptico Ortápteros de la fauna ibérica. Anais de Sciencias Naturaes Porto 4: 105-135, 203-232 [117].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Cádiz, Chiclana, Lopez Cepero, Spain. - Apterygida huseinae Rehn, J.A.G. 1901. The Forficulidae, Blattidae, Mantidae and Phasmidae collected in northeast Africa by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 53: 273-288 [273].
Type data:
Syntype(s) USNM ♂ 2♀, Ethiopia (as Gallaland). - Tomopygia sinensis Burr, M. 1904. Observations on the Dermatoptera, including revisions of several genera and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 277-322 [288].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Beijing (as Pekin, mountains), China. - Labidura dubronii Borg, H. 1904. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. No. 25. Forficuliden aus Kamerun. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 563-580 1 pl. [565].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀ (depository uncertain), Cameroon (as Kamerun). - Labidura karschi Borg, H. 1904. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. No. 25. Forficuliden aus Kamerun. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 563-580 1 pl. [565].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM (depository uncertain), Cameroon (as Kamerun). - Labidura mongolica Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Notes on exotic forficulids or earwigs, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1432): 501-515 [503].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀, Beijing (as Pekin, Chi-li), China. - Labidura riparia herculeana Semenov-Tian-Shanksy, A.P. 1908. Dermaptera nova aut minus cognita. III. Revue Russe d'Entomologie 8: 159-173 [171].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Russia (as prov. Uralensis: deserta sabulosa Kok-dzhida ad gl. Emba prope illapsum fluvii Temir). - Labidura confusa Capra, F. 1929. Risultati zoologici della missione inviata dalla R. Societa Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926–1927). (Ortotteri e Dermatteri). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 53: 122-159 [157].
Type data:
Holotype MCG ♂, Egypt. - Labidura riparia eburnea Semenov-Tian-Shansky, A.P. 1938. Notes sur quelques Dermaptéres. Konowia 16: 237-242 [237] [nom. nov. for Labidura riparia herculeana].
Type data:
Syntype(s). - Labidura cryptera Liu, Y. 1946. Obervations on a small collection of Dermaptera from Szechwan. Journal of the West China Border Research Society. Series B 16: 15-28 2 pls [20].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Peh-Chi and Pen-Chi, Chungking, China. - Labidura elegans Liu, Y. 1946. Obervations on a small collection of Dermaptera from Szechwan. Journal of the West China Border Research Society. Series B 16: 15-28 2 pls [21].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Mount Oinei, China. - Diplatys himalayanus Baijal, H.N. & Singh, S. 1954. Entomological survey of the Himalayas. Part III. On a collection of Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research Sci. 3: 455-462 [455] [Srivastava, G.K. 1986. Studies on Indian Labiduridae (Dermaptera). Rec. Zool. Surv. India Misc. Publ. Occ. Pap. 89: 1–12 (4) indicated that type material are larval specimens, not adults as given in original description].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI larva, Jeolikote, Naranikarkana, Naintal District, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Paratype(s) ZSI 3 larvae. - Erotesis jeolikotensis Baijal, H.N. & Singh, S. 1954. Entomological survey of the Himalayas. Part III. On a collection of Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research Sci. 3: 455-462 [458].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI ♀, Jeolikote, Naranikarkana, Naintal District, Uttar Pradesh, India. - Elaunon nainitalensis Baijal, H.N. & Singh, S. 1954. Entomological survey of the Himalayas. Part III. On a collection of Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research Sci. 3: 455-462 [460].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI ♂, Jeolikote, Naranikarkana, Naintal District, Uttar Pradesh, India. - Labidura riparia dumonti Azam, J. 1906. Description d'une espèce et d'une variété nouvelles de Forficules de Russie (Orth.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1906: 80-82 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, d'Elisa Vethpol, d'Aresch et Geok-Tapa, valleé de la Koura, Caucase, Russia (as Russie).Secondary source:
Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [499]. - Spongiphora nainitalensis Baijal, H.N. & Singh, S. 1954. Entomological survey of the Himalayas. Part III. On a collection of Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research Sci. 3: 455-462 [456].
Type data:
Holotype ZSI ♂, Jeolikote, Naranikarkana, Naintal District, Uttar Pradesh, India. - Labidura truncata Kirby, W.F. 1903. Notes on Forficulidae, with descriptions of new species in the collection of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 11: 60-68 [67].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ specimens, Adelaide, SA, Melbourne, VIC, Moreton Bay, QLD, Sydney, NSW. - Labidura leucotarsata Mjöberg, E. 1913. Preliminary descriptions of some new Australian Gryllids and Forficulids. Entomologisk Tidskrift 34: 26-34 [27].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Perth, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Scudder, S.H. 1876. Critical and historical notes on Forficulariae; including descriptions of new generic forms and an alphabetical synonymic list of the described species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18: 287-332 [324] (synonymy of Forficula crenata)
- Bormans, A. de 1900. Forficulidae. Das Tierreich 11: 1-129 [34, 35] (synonymy of Forficula bidens and Forficula suturalis)
- Kirby, W.F. 1904. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Orthoptera, Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae). London : Longmans & Co. Vol. 1 x 501 pp. [11] (synonymy of Forficula bivittata)
- Azam, J. 1906. Description d'une espèce et d'une variété nouvelles de Forficules de Russie (Orth.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1906: 80-82 [80] (synonymy of Labidura cryptera and Labidura elegans)
- Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112. [36, 37] (synonymy of Forficula pallipes, Forficula maxima, Forficula bilineata, Forficula gigantea, Forficula erythrocephala, Psalis morbida, Forficesila affinis, Forficula marginella, Forficesila terminalis, Forficesila icterica, Forficula bicolor, Forficula fischeri, Forficula amurensis, Labidura auditor, Labidura riparia inermis, Labidura granulosa, Labidura clarki, Labidura distincta, Labidura riparia mixta, Apterygida huseinae, Tomopygia sinensis, Labidura drubonii, Labidura karschi, Labidura mongolica, Labidura riparia dumonti and Labidura riparia herculeana)
- Brindle, A. 1966. A revision of the subfamily Labiduridae (Dermaptera, Labiduridae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9: 239-269 (synonymy of L. truncata)
- Steinmann, H. 1979. A systematic survey of the species belonging in the genus Labidura Leach, 1815. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 25: 415-423 [421] (synonymy of Labidura rufescens and Labidura pluvialis)
- Steinmann, H. 1979. The Dermaptera in the PAN Zoologiczny Instytut, Warszawa. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 32: 149-175 [157] (synonymy of Labidura servillei)
- Srivastava, G.K. 1986. Studies on Indian Labiduridae (Dermaptera). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 89: 1-12 [4] (synonymy of Diplatis himalayanus, Spongiphora nainitalennsis, Erotesis jeolikotensis, Elaunon nainitalennsis)
- Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [380] (synonymy of Labidura confusa)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, predator, soil dweller, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Subsocial and maternal behaviour, nesting behaviour, feed on insect larvae and insects and crustaceans, cannibalism, possible natural enemy of arthropod pests of agricultural crops.
General References
Bey-Bienko, G.J. 1936. Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'U.R.S.S NS 5: 1-239 [in Russian] [101, figs 27, 28] (male genitalia)
Bormans, A. de 1900. Forficulidae. Das Tierreich 11: 1-129 [35] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymy of Forficula erythrocephala with Forficesila xanthopus Stål, 1855)
Brindle, A. 1966. A revision of the subfamily Labiduridae (Dermaptera, Labiduridae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9: 239-269 [259] (description)
Brindle, A. 1969. The Dermaptera of the Azores and Madeira. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 21(103): 5-24 [9]
Brindle, A. 1973. The Dermaptera of Africa. I. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique No. 8, Sciences Zoologique 1973(205): 1-335 [108, figs 137-139] (description)
Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112. [36] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymy of Forficula herculeana Fabricius, 1798 and Demogorgon longipenne Borelli, 1904)
Burr, M. 1915. On the male genital armature of the Dermaptera. I: Protodermaptera (except Psalidae). Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, London 1915: 413-447 5 pls [444, pl. 9 fig. 5] (male genitalia)
Hincks, W.D. 1957. Dermaptera. The earwigs of South Africa. pp. 33-94 in Hanström, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (eds). South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951. Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell Vol. 4. [62] (South Africa)
Hoffman, K.M. 1987. Earwigs (Dermaptera) of South Carolina, with a key to the eastern North American species and a checklist of the North American Fauna. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 1-14 [11] (habits; USA)
Sakai, S. 1990. Dermapterorum Catalogus. XXI–XXII: Iconographia VI. Explicatio—Series. Va. Labiduridae Verhoeff (1902). The Illustration Series of the Labiduridae for Integrated Taxonomy of the Dermaptera of the World. Tokyo : Ikegami Book Co. Vol. XXI pp. 1244-1379. [1308] (synonymy, literature)
Schmidt, G.H. 1987. Labidura orientalis Steinmann, 1979 is synonym to Labidura bengalensis Dohrn, 1863, a valid species of Indian Dermapteran fauna (Dermaptera, Labiduridae). Fragmenta Entomologica 20: 23-32 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Labidura bengalensis as separate species)
Steinmann, H. 1979. The Dermaptera in the PAN Zoologiczny Instytut, Warszawa. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 32: 149-175 [157] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymy of Labidura bengalensis Dohrn, 1863)
Steinmann, H. 1989. Dermaptera. Catadermaptera II. Das Tierreich 105: xix 1-504 [443, figs 701-702] (description)
Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Order Dermaptera. pp. 197–212 in, Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 2. Apterygota to Thysanoptera. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press. [203, fig. 115b] (Hawaii)
History of changes
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