''Chelidura'' is a genus of

earwig Earwigs make up the insect order (biology), order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cercus, cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincer (biology), pincers on ...

s in the family

Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and more than 500 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and ' ...

from mainland Europe (not the British Isles) including southern Scandinavia.

Species

According to the ''Dermaptera Species File'', the following species are accepted within ''Chelidura'': * '' Chelidura aptera'' (von Muhlfeld, 1825) * '' Chelidura arverna'' David & Van Herrewege, 1973 * '' Chelidura carpathica'' Steinmann & Kis, 1990 * '' Chelidura euxina'' (Semenov, 1907) * '' Chelidura nuristanica'' Steinmann, 1977 * '' Chelidura przewalskii'' (Semenov, 1908) * '' Chelidura pyrenaica'' (Bonelli, 1832) * '' Chelidura redux'' (Semenov, 1908) * '' Chelidura russica'' Steinmann, 1977 * '' Chelidura semenovi'' Bey-Bienko, 1934 * '' Chelidura specifica'' Steinmann, 1989 * '' Chelidura thoracica'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1846 * '' Chelidura tibetana'' (Semenov Tian-Shansky & Bey-Bienko, 1935) * '' Chelidura transsilvanica'' Ebner, 1932

References

Forficulidae Beetles described in 1825 {{earwig-stub