The Earwigs of Greece

Checklist for the 16 species occurring in Greece

			Species on the islands
Islands:: 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
			For details see below ...

Publications on the Greek Earwig Fauna

Brindle A, Friese G (1964) Ergebnisse der Albanien-Expedition 1961 des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 14: 233-238.

Harz K, Kaltenbach A (1976) The Orthoptera of Europe III - Die Orthopteren Europas III. Series Entomologica, 12: 434 pp.

Liebegott D (1982) Ohrwürmer (Dermaptera) der Nördlichen Sporaden (Ägais). Mitteilungen des internationalen entomologischen Vereins e.V. Frankfurt/M. 6 (4): 72-73.

Maran J (1965) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Taxonomie und der Geographischen Verbreitung der Vertreter der Gattung Anechura Scudder (Dermaptera, Forficulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 36 (0): 671-683.

Reichardt HG (1978) Ohrwürmer Griechenlands und angrenzender Gebiete (Insecta: Dermaptera). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 58 (3-4): 211-244.

Werner F (1901) Die Dermapteren und Orthopteren Kleinasiens. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 110: 259-306.

Werner F (1902) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Orthopternfauna Griechenlands. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 47: 111-118.

Werner F (1927) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Griechenlands (Reptilia - Amphibia - Scorpiones - Orthoptera - Isoptera - Apterygota). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 70: 135-151.

Further, detailed information on the Greek earwig fauna is available in the databases and in the link list.

To retrieve all distribution records for Greece click here ...

Alphabetic List of Species. All species are recorded from mainland Greece, and there seems to be no endemic island species recorded.

	Family	Subfamily	Species	Author	Island records	Common Name and Notes
1	Anisolabididae	Carcinophorinae	Anisolabis maritima	(Bonelli,1832)	AEG	Seaside Earwig
2			Euborellia annulipes	(Lucas, 1847)	KRI, DOD	Ring-legged Earwig
3			Euborellia moesta	(Géné, 1839)		very similar to previous species
4	Forficulidae	Anechurinae	Chelidura chelmosensis	(Maran, 1965)
5		Forficulinae	Apterygida media	(Hagenbach, 1822)	KRI
6			Forficula aetolica	Brunner, 1882	DOD, KRI
7			Forficula auricularia	Linnaeus, 1758	AEG, KRI	Common Earwig, European Earwig
8			Forficula decipiens	Géné, 1832
9			Forficula lurida	Fischer, 1853	AEG, CYC, DOD, KRI
10			Forficula smyrnensis	Audinet-Serville, 1839	DOD
11			Guanchia brignolii	(Taglianti, 1974)
12			Guanchia hincksi	(Burr, 1947)
13	Labiduridae	Labidurinae	Labidura riparia	(Pallas, 1773)	AEG, CYC, DOD, KRI	Striped, Giant or Tawny Earwig
14	Spongiphoridae	Isolaboidinae	Isolaboides kosswigi	(Burr, 1947)		single specimen in the SMNS
15		Labiinae	Isolabella graeca	Verhoeff, 1901
16			Labia minor	(Linnaeus, 1758)	DOD	Small or Lesser Earwig