Forficula auricularia form forcipata
(Common Earwig - Large Forcep Form)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormForficula auricularia form forcipata (Common Earwig - Large Forcep Form)
SpeciesForficula auricularia (Common Earwig)
GenusForficula (a genus of earwigs)
FamilyFORFICULIDAE (a family of earwigs)
OrderDERMAPTERA (earwigs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Forficula auricularia form forcipata (Common Earwig - Large Forcep Form) :
1: Forficula auricularia form forcipata (Common Earwig - Large Forcep Form)
18 Nov 2010 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
male, indoors
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view (3)Image 4: Male - dorsal view (4)Image 5: Male - dorsal view - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - dorsal view - grey background (2)Image 7: Male - dorso-lateral viewImage 8: Male - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 9: Male - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 10: Male - dorso-lateral view (4)Image 11: Male - latero-dorsal viewImage 12: Male - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 13: Male - ventral view - grey backgroundImage 14: Male - ventral view - grey background (2)Image 15: Male - pincers - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged

Forficula auricularia form forcipata (Common Earwig - Large Forcep Form) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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