Doru (earwig)

Doru is a genus of earwigs in the family Forficulidae.

Description

Doru can be recognised by having yellow elytra with a black suture.

According to the original description by Malcom Burr, the third and fourth antennal segments are subequal. The elytra are not carinate. The abdomen is subparallel and depressed in shape. The anal segment of the abdomen is transverse, depressed and not sloping. The pygidium is spinous or sharp. In males, the arms of the forceps are slender, removed from the base and not expanded.

Ecology

In North America, these earwigs can be found on grasses and sedges, usually near water.

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Doru:

• Doru aculeatum <small>(Scudder, 1876)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (spine-tailed earwig)
• Doru albipes <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru beybienkoi <small>Steinmann, 1979</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru cincinnatoi <small>Machado, 1967</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru davisi <small>Rehn and Hebard, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Doru dohrni <small>Steinmann, 1979</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru gracilis <small>(Burmeister, 1838)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru leucopteryx <small>Burr, 1912</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru lineare <small>(Eschscholtz, 1822)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Doru luteipes <small>(Scudder, 1876)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru platensis <small>Borelli, 1912</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru robustum <small>Brindle, 1971</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru spiculiferum <small>(Kirby, WF, 1891)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru taeniatum <small>(Dohrn, 1862)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (lined earwig)
• Doru turbator <small>Steinmann, 1979</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Doru unicolor <small>Brindle, 1971</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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