The Earwigs of Ireland

List of the Dermaptera permanently living in Ireland

Author: Fabian Haas

In the whole UK, and Ireland too, there is only a very limited number of species, and only a few are occasionally introduced. All of them can be identified with the following descriptions and photographs. Worldwide about 2.200 species are known to science, and in the range of the Fauna Europaea, 83 species are recorded.

Irish Earwig Faunas

Hincks WD (1949) Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, 1 (Part 5): 21.

Marshall JA, Haes ECM (1988) Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland. 254pp.

There are also a lot of locations for Ireland and the UK in GBIF

Further information on the Irish earwig fauna is available in the data bases and in the link list.

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

Alphabetic List of Species

Species

Spongiphoridae
Systematics Description and Information
Spongiphoridae: Labiinae ... to the Photos
Labia minor (Linnaeus, 1758) Small or Lesser Earwig
Locus Typicus: "Europa" [sic] -
Some Synonyms:

Forficula minor Linnaeus, 1758

Copiscelis minor Fieber, 1853

Forficesila minor Frivaldsky, 1867

Forficula livida Zschach, 1788

Labia minuta Scudder, 1876

Forficulidae
Systematics Description and Information
Forficulidae: Forficulinae ... to the Photos
Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 Common Earwig, European Earwig
Locus Typicus: "Europa" [sic] -
Some Synonyms:

Forficula borealis Leach, 1835

Forficula caucasica Kolenati, 1846

Forficula parallela Fabricius, 1775

Forficula dentata Fabricius, 1775

List of introduced and temporary species

Spongiphoridae
Systematics Description and Information
Spongiphoridae: Labiinae ... to the Photos
Marava arachidis (Yersin, 1860) Chief or Bone-house Earwig
Locus Typicus: France -
Some Synonyms:

Apterygida gravidula Gerstäcker, 1873

Apterygida arachidis Bormans, 1900

Forficula nigripennis Motschulsky, 1863

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