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Monday, November 01, 2010

ROBERT SCHNECK: Extinction is forever, thank God.

OK, I don't really mean that, but if Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798) were still alive it could escape from the island of St Helena and show up at your house.

The Giant Earwig of St. Helena - The Dodo of the Dermaptera

Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798), a real giant with up to 80mm body length, is sometimes called the Dodo of the Dermaptera. This is because, much like the Dodo, this endemic species lived on a very confined area on a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, St Helena. You could not find it anywhere else on the world.

According to Ashmole & Ashmole (2000), Labidura herculeana (Fabricius, 1798) could be extinct due to the clearing of the gumwood forest where the species lived (in the area of Horse Point), another cause of the alleged extinction could have been the competition with the introduced centipede Scolopendra morsitans.

As it seems, it is now extinct - at least there was no sighting for a considerable time and therefore it is category 'CR B1+2a' in the IUCN Red Lists.
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