<p><strong>First record of the desert earwig <em>Forficula lucasi</em> Dohrn, 1865 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in Greece: A hitchhiker among the refugees or a seldom encounter?</strong></p>

Abstract

The relatively small order Dermaptera (commonly called “earwigs”) is comprised of more than 1900 described species mainly distributed in the Afrotropics, Southeastern Asia and South America, while a small number of species occur in the warmer temperate regions of North America, Europe, Asia and Australia (Hudson 1973; Popham 2000; Haas et al. 2011). In the Balkans and Turkey, this insect order is understudied and knowledge about the distribution and ecology of the earwig fauna is scattered (Haas &amp; Henderickx 2002; Anlaş et al. 2010; Anlaş &amp; Kočárek 2012; Muranyi 2013; Haas 2015). In Greece 16 species have been recorded so far (Haas 2015, 2018), showing greater diversity than other countries in the Balkans (Muranyi 2013). From the poorly studied North Aegean Islands, four earwig species are reported (Haas 2015), namely Anisolabis maritima (Bonelli, 1832), Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758, F. lurida Fischer, 1853 and Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773).

Revisiting the non-native insect fauna of Greece: Current trends and an updated checklist

“…Although mantids are considered highly predacious, the ecological impacts of these species on native biodiversity have yet to be studied. Concerning earwigs (order Dermaptera), two species have recently been found in the country, namely Euborellia femoralis (Dohrn, 1863), an alien species collected in mainland Greece and the island of Rhodes (Kalaentzis et al, in press) and Forficula lucasi Dohrn, 1865, a cryptogenic species collected from the island of Lesvos (Zafeiriou et al 2021).…”

A new greenhouse invader: the first report of the alien ring-legged earwig, Euborellia annulipes (Dermaptera, Anisolabididae) in Serbia, with the first checklist of earwigs of the country

“…In Europe, there is four earwig families, viz. Anisolabididae, Forficulidae, Labiduridae and Spongiphoridae, among which eight species are allochthonous, and many of them are synanthropic and can be found inside greenhouses or similar buildings with suitable living conditions: Euborellia annulata (Fabricius, 1787), E. annulipes (Lucas, 1847), E. arcanum Matzke & Kočárek, 2015, E. femoralis (Dohrn, 1863, Forficula lucasi Dohrn, 1865, Marava arachidis (Yersin, 1860), Nala lividipes (Dufour, 1828) and Paralabellula curvicauda (Motschulsky, 1863) (Harz and Kaltenbach 1976;Kočárek 2009;Rasplus and Roques 2010;Matzke and Kočárek 2015;Matzke 2018;Kalaentzis et al 2021;Zafeiriou et al 2021).…”

First occurrence of the black field earwig, Nala lividipes (Dermaptera: Labiduridae) in Greece

“…The reported cases of introductions and translocation of earwigs (Dermaptera) are rather uncommon, supported by only seven alien earwig species being recorded in Europe (Zafeiriou et al 2021). The small number of reported alien Dermaptera could be related to both their low species richness as well as their cryptic nature.…”

“…The small number of reported alien Dermaptera could be related to both their low species richness as well as their cryptic nature. Until now, only two alien earwigs have been recorded from Greece, namely Euborellia femoralis (Dohrn, 1863) and Forficula lucasi Dohrn, 1865 raising the Greek earwig fauna to 18 species (Haas 2015(Haas , 2018Demetriou et al www.entsoc.gr © 2022Hellenic Entomological Society 2021Fontana et al 2021;Zafeiriou et al 2021;Kalaentzis et al 2022).…”