Earwigs of Greece
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Further, detailed information on the Greek earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.| Family | Subfamily | Species | Author | Island records | Common Name and Notes | |
| 1 | Anisolabididae | Carcinophorinae | Anisolabis maritima | (Bonelli,1832) | AEG |
Seaside Earwig |
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Euborellia annulipes | (Lucas, 1847) | KRI, DOD |
Ring-legged Earwig |
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3
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Euborellia moesta | (Géné, 1839) | very similar to previous species | |||
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4
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Forficulidae | Anechurinae | Chelidura chelmosensis | (Maran, 1965) | ||
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5
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Forficulinae | Apterygida media | (Hagenbach, 1822) | KRI | ||
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6
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Forficula aetolica | Brunner, 1882 | DOD, KRI | |||
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7
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Forficula auricularia | Linnaeus, 1758 | AEG, KRI |
Common Earwig, European Earwig |
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8
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Forficula decipiens | Géné, 1832 | ||||
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9
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Forficula lurida | Fischer, 1853 | AEG, CYC, DOD, KRI | |||
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10
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Forficula smyrnensis | Audinet-Serville, 1839 | DOD | |||
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11
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Guanchia brignolii | (Taglianti, 1974) | ||||
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12
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Guanchia hincksi | (Burr, 1947) | ||||
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13
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Labiduridae | Labidurinae | Labidura riparia | (Pallas, 1773) | AEG, CYC, DOD, KRI |
Striped, Giant or Tawny Earwig |
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14
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Spongiphoridae | Isolaboidinae | Isolaboides kosswigi | (Burr, 1947) | single specimen in the SMNS | |
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15
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Labiinae | Isolabella graeca | Verhoeff, 1901 | |||
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Labia minor | (Linnaeus, 1758) | DOD |
Small or Lesser Earwig |
| Greece has an almost inumerable number of smaller and larger islands. As was proposed by the Fauna Europaea Project (for details see the "FaEu_Guidelines_v4.0.1.pdf", click here for direct download), they are divided into five regions: |
AEG |
North Aegean Islands | Anisolabis maritima, Forficula auricularia, Forficula lurida, Labidura riparia |
| CYC | Cyclades Islands | Forficula lurida, Labidura riparia | |
| DOD | Dodecanese Islands | Euborellia annulipes, Forficula aetolica, Forficula lurida, Labidura riparia, Labia minor | |
| GRC | Greece mainland | ||
| Quite naturally, not all of these regions was thoroughly sampled and so it is probable to find more species on the islands and new species for Greece as a whole. All species are recorded from mainland Greece, and there seems to be no endemic island species recorded. | KRI | Crete | Euborellia annulipes, Apterygida media, Forficula aetolica, Forficula auricularia, Forficula lurida, Labidura riparia |