Labia minor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lesser Earwig)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLabia minor (Lesser Earwig)
FamilySPONGIPHORIDAE (lesser 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 Labia minor (Lesser Earwig) :
1: Labia minor (Lesser Earwig)
23 Aug 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2, winged, at Actinic light sheet
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - pincers - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Labia minor (Lesser Earwig) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Labia minor (Lesser Earwig)
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