{{Short description|Genus of earwigs}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Forficula'' | image = Forficula auricularia.jpg | image_caption = ''Forficula auricularia'' | taxon = Forficula | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Forficula''''' is a genus of earwigs in the family Forficulidae; it was first described in 1758 by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The name ''Forficula'' is Latin for ''earwig'', formerly ''small pinchers''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Genus Forficula |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/23280 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=bugguide.net |language=en}}</ref> The genus spans all continents except Antarctica and is native to Afro-Eurasia, primarily Europe.<ref name=":1" /> The best known species is ''Forficula auricularia'' and is a common household pest''.''
== Gallery == <gallery widths="180" heights="180"> File:Forficula-auricularia-01-fws.jpg|''Forficula auricularia'' File:Уховертка Forficula smyrnensis- Forficula smyrnensis - Earwig Forficula smyrnensis- Ухолазка Forficula smyrnensis- Ohrwürmer Forficula smyrnensis (27910667142).jpg|''Forficula smyrnensis'' </gallery>
==Species== The genus ''Forficula'' contains at least 68 species,<ref>{{cite book |author=Henrik Steinmann |orig-year=1989 |series=Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen ''[A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent animal groups]'' |title=Dermaptera: Eudermaptera II |year=1993 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-012298-5}}</ref> making it the largest genus of earwigs.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} Some species are listed below:
* ''Forficula abrutiana'' * ''Forficula aetolica'' * ''Forficula aeolica''<ref name=":0" /> * ''Forficula auricularia'' * ''Forficula apennina'' * ''Forficula davidi'' * ''Forficula decipiens'' * ''Forficula dentata''<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=González-Miguéns |first=Rubén |last2=Muñoz-Nozal |first2=Eva |last3=Jiménez-Ruiz |first3=Yolanda |last4=Mas-Peinado |first4=Paloma |last5=Ghanavi |first5=Hamid R |last6=García-París |first6=Mario |date=2020-11-07 |title=Speciation patterns in the Forficula auricularia species complex: cryptic and not so cryptic taxa across the western Palaearctic region |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/190/3/788/5894910 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=190 |issue=3 |pages=788–823 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa070 |issn=0024-4082}}</ref> * ''Forficula greeni'' * ''Forficula harberei'' * ''Forficula iberica'' * ''Forficula laeviforceps'' * ''Forficula lesnei'' * ''Forficula lucasi'' * ''Forficula lurida'' * ''Forficula mediterranea''<ref name=":0" /> * ''Forficula mikado'' * ''Forficula planicollis'' * ''Forficula pubescens'' * ''Forficula riffensis'' * ''Forficula ruficollis'' * ''Forficula scudderi'' * ''Forficula silana'' * ''Forficula smyrnensis'' * ''Forficula tomis'' * ''Forficula vicaria'' * ''Forficula vilmi''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Forficula_vilmi|title=Species ''Forficula vilmi'' Steinmann, 1989|last=|first=|date=|website=Australian Government Department of Environment and Energy|publisher=|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> * †''Forficula paleocaenica''<ref>{{Cite GBIF|id=8467917|taxon=''Forficula paleocaenica'' Willmann, 1990|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> (fossil)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Forficula|''Forficula''}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Forficula|''Forficula''}}
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Category:Dermaptera genera Category:Forficulidae Category:Insects described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Earwig-stub}}