Forficula lesnei (Finot, 1887)
(Lesne’s Earwig)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesForficula lesnei (Lesne’s Earwig)
GenusForficula (a genus of earwigs)
FamilyFORFICULIDAE (a family of earwigs)
OrderDERMAPTERA (earwigs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sutton, P. 2004 Giant Earwig and (inset) and Bedforshire’s first record of Lesne’s Earwig Vol 15, No. 5 Page: 358

Forficula lesnei (Lesne’s Earwig) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Forficula lesnei (Lesne’s Earwig)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Forficula lesnei (Lesne’s Earwig)
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