Forficula auricularia

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q2537221
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Forficula auricularia

Summary

Forficula auricularia is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Forficula auricularia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Forficula auricularia is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Forficula auricularia belongs to the parent taxon Forficula[5].
  • Forficula auricularia's scientific name is Forficula auricularia[6].
  • Forficula auricularia's Commons category is recorded as Forficula auricularia[7].
  • Forficula auricularia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Forficula auricularia[8].
  • Forficula auricularia's Commons gallery is recorded as Forficula auricularia[9].
  • Forficula auricularia's described by source is recorded as Nordisk illustreret havebrugsleksikon. Bd 2, K-Ø samt litteraturfortegnelse[10].
  • Forficula auricularia's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11].
  • Forficula auricularia's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'F. auricularia'}[12].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common European Earwig'}[13].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'škvor obecný'}[14].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'gewone oorworm'}[15].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common earwig'}[16].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'isopihtihäntä'}[17].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vanlig saksedyr'}[18].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Forcadiella'}[19].
  • Forficula auricularia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'navadna strigalica'}[20].
  • Forficula auricularia's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Forficula auricularia is Forficula auricularia[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Forficula[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common European Earwig'}[13], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'škvor obecný'}[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'gewone oorworm'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common earwig'}[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'isopihtihäntä'}[17], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vanlig saksedyr'}[18].

Identifiers

Forficula auricularia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61524[22]. Forficula auricularia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13068[23]. Forficula auricularia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 473785[24]. Forficula auricularia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1419845[25]. Forficula auricularia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 186036[26].

Why It Matters

Forficula auricularia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . runeberg.org. Retrieved . runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . urbanatura.si. Retrieved . urbanatura.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Nordisk illustreret havebrugsleksikon. Bd 2, K-Ø samt litteraturfortegnelse, The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Forficula
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