Ring-legged Earwig Euborellia annulipes (Lucas, 1847)
Fauna Portal species: 4652
Euborellia annulipes female, dorsal (HBI N24189-1)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1124Diagnosis
(after Klostermeyer 1942): The ring-legged earwig is 12 to 15 mm long, dark brown to black with the under surface yellowish-brown. The legs are yellowish with the femora and tibia ringed with fuscous. The antennae are 16 jointed and black in color except for the third and usually the fourth segment from the apex which are white. The forceps of the male are contiguous at the base, strongly incurved with the right one more so and crossing over the left at its apex. The forceps of the female are only slightly and equally curved at the tips. The male has ten abdominal tergites, whereas the female has but eight.
The Australian Faunal Directory reports this species from northern Queensland to south-eastern New South Wales. Many observational photographic records on the Atlas of Living Australia appear to be misidentifications.
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Publications
(1942): The life history and habits of the ring-legged earwig, Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) (order Dermaptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 15: 13 - 18WEB