Forficula mediterranea
| Forficula mediterranea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Genus: | Forficula |
| Species: | F. mediterranea |
| Binomial name | |
| Forficula mediterranea González-Miguéns & García-París, 2020 | |
Forficula mediterranea is a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae and in the cryptic Forficula auricularia species complex. It was formally described by González-Miguéns & García-París in 2020.
The distribution of F. mediterranea includes eastern and southern Spain, Morocco, Sardinia, Sicily, and from Baja California to Southern California. In California, F. mediterranea is found in San Diego, Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. It overlaps in population with Forficula dentata in the latter two counties.
References
- 1 2 "Dermaptera Species File - Forficula dentata Fabricius, 1775". dermaptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ González-Miguéns, Rubén; Muñoz-Nozal, Eva; Jiménez-Ruiz, Yolanda; Mas-Peinado, Paloma; Ghanavi, Hamid R; García-París, Mario (2020-11-01). "Speciation patterns in the Forficula auricularia species complex: cryptic and not so cryptic taxa across the western Palaearctic region". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (3): 788–823. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ "Summary and records of BOLD:ACM1437". Bold Systems. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
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