1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Doru taeniatum (Dohrn, 1862) (Dermaptera: Forficulidae: Forficulinae) Common Name Earwig Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140292 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2010) Earwig(Doru taeniatum)Updated on 3/23/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140292 2.3. Facets Groups: Earwigs Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Mango Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Apterygida taeniata Bormans & Krauss, 1900 Forficula californica Dohrn, 1865 Forficula exilis Scudder, 1876 Forficula taeniata Dohrn, 1862 Sphingolabis californica Bormans, 1893 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** General colour deep black and bright yellow; 4th antennal segment more than twice as long as broad; pronotum transverse; tegmina and wings always fully developed; tegminae yellow with brown inner margins; hindwings visible beyond tegminae; 2nd tarsal segments dilated and much wider than 3rd, extending conspicuously beneath 3rd. Male pygidium elongate, posteriorly produced into a spine. Forceps typical, slightly arcuate; widely seperated at base. **References** - Hoffman, K. M. (1987). Earwigs (Dermaptera) of South Carolina, with a key to the eastern North American species and a checklist of the North American fauna. _Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington_, 89(1): 1-14. 2.6. References - Hoffman, K. M. (1987). Earwigs (Dermaptera) of South Carolina, with a key to the eastern North American species and a checklist of the North American fauna. _Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington_, 89(1): 1-14. 3. Diagnostic Images DER004 DER004 Cerci - Female: Caroline Harding MAF Dorsal - Female: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Friday, September 24, 2021 .