Preserved specimen in the Museum of Saint Helena, Jamestown, with dislocated posterior
Conservation status
Extinct (1967) (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Dermaptera
Family:
Labiduridae
Genus:
Labidura
Species:
†L. herculeana
Binomial name
†Labidura herculeana
(Fabricius, 1798)
Location of Saint Helena
Synonyms
Labidura loveridgeiZeuner, 1962
The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) is an extinct species[2] of very large earwig endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.[3]
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^ abD. Pryce & L. White (2014). "Labidura herculeana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T11073A21425735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T11073A21425735.en.
^"Giant earwig". Insects and Spiders of the World. Vol. 4. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corporation. 2003. p. 236. ISBN 0-7614-7338-6.
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