Saint Helena earwig
The Saint Helena earwig or Saint Helena giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) is an extinct species of very large earwig endemic to the oceanic island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean.
| Saint Helena earwig | |
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| Preserved specimen in the Museum of Saint Helena, Jamestown, with dislocated posterior | |
| 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 | |
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Labidura loveridgei Zeuner, 1962 | |
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