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Labia minor QQGM

Minor Earwig

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Minor Earwig

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - Rarotonga, ?; N.Group - unknown; Land, horticultural

KEY FEATURES: Small earwig, to 7mmBL incl.forceps. COLOUR uniformly dull brown. BODY hairy. With WINGS.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Labia minor QQGM (Linnaeus, 1758)
Query: tentative ID by G.McCormack 2007/6

SYNONYMS: Forficula minor Linnaeus, 1758; Forficula livida Gmelin, 1788; Forficula media Marsh, 1802; Labia minuta Scudder, 1862

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Dermaptera; SPONGIPHORIDAE. COMMENT: Family a.k.a. LABIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, 1/2005, in evening at house light, G.McCormack with ID as earwigQQRR1, reID by G.McCormack from Lit. as tentative Labia minor.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05a, zupB07a, zM05a, zD07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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