Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera, a comparatively small order of about 2,000 species grouped into 12 families. They are recognized by cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincers projecting from the abdomen, and by membranous hindwings folded away beneath short, rarely used forewings, a feature reflected in the order's scientific name, meaning skin wings. A few earwig groups are instead tiny parasites of mammals and lack the typical pincers. Earwigs occur on every continent except Antarctica.
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Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 1 Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceForceps like pincers, or cerci, on the abdomen, with males generally having more curved pincers than females. 1 Comparison
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1. Earwig - Wikipedia
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Dermaptera
Morphology section
characterized by the cerci, or the pair of forceps-like pincers on their abdomen; male earwigs generally have more curved pincers than females.
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The common earwig was introduced into North America in 1907 from Europe, but tends to be more common in the southern and southwestern parts of the United States.
In Biome: Wetlands, Distribution
The only native species of earwig found in the north of the United States is the spine-tailed earwig (Doru aculeatum), found as far north as Canada, where it hides in the leaf axils of emerging plants in southern Ontario wetlands.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ13676, descriptionView the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
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Wikidata: Dermaptera
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: DermapteraView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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