Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832) is a animal in the Forficulidae family, order Dermaptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832)

Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832)

Chelidurella acanthopygia is a European earwig species from family Forficulidae found across multiple European countries.

Family
Genus
Chelidurella
Order
Dermaptera
Class
Insecta

About Chelidurella acanthopygia (Géné, 1832)

Chelidurella acanthopygia, originally described by Géné in 1832 under the name Forficula acanthopygia, is the type species of the genus Chelidurella, a group of European earwigs that belongs to the family Forficulidae. Documented occurrence records for this species are from the following regions and countries: 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.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Chelidurella

More from Forficulidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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