''Anechura bipunctata'' is a species of earwig in the family

Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and '' Apterygi ...

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe.

Habitat

This montane species can be found at highest elevations, over 2000 meters above sea level.

Description

''Anechura bipunctata'' can reach a length of (included cerci). This characteristic winged species shows a black body with a yellow marking on the elytrae. Head, legs and sides of pronotum are yellowish orange. Antennae have 9-12 segments. Pronotum is wider than long. In the males the cerci are double curved. Larvae are black.H. Wermuth,M. Fischer,Henrik Steinman
Das Tierreich - The Animal Kingdom: Dermaptura Eudermaptera II
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Natura Mediterraneo

Entomofauna Saxonica

Insects described in 1781 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{earwig-stub