European Earwig Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
Fauna Portal species: 4654
Forficula auricularia male, dorsal (HBI N15406-1; Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1090Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Distribution
Forficula auricularia has been introduced to Australia. Genetic data supports different cryptic sister species in Europe, of which only one has been introduced to Australia, possibly multiple times.
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2018): The invasion biology of the invasive earwig, Forficula auricularia in Australasian ecosystems. Biological Invasions. 20: 1553 - 1565