''Forficula apennina'' is a species 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 ...

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 ' ...

References

Forficulidae Insects of Europe Insects described in 1881 {{earwig-stub