Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758

Kočárek, Petr, 2011, Dermaptera of Iran with description of Euborellia angustata sp. nov., Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 51 (2), pp. 381-390 : 386

Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758

Material examined. EAST AZERBAIDJAN: 30 km NW Mianeh (Loc. no. 265), 37°29′ N 47°24′ E, 5.vii.1973, 2 ♁♁. GOLESTAN: Korud Abad, stream valley, 36°53.1′ N 54°53.2′ E, 230 m, 28.–29.v.2006, 1 ♁, J. Hájek & P. Chvojka lgt. KOHGILUYEH & BOYER AHMAD: Sisakht, Zagros (Loc. no. 240), 30°47′ N 51°33′ E, 2408 m, 13.–15.vi.1973, 2 ♁♁ 2 ♀♀.

Published records from Iran. BUXTON (1921), BEY- BIENKO (1936), ČEJCHAN & MAŘAN (1974), ALBOUY & CAUSSANEL (1990), MODARRES AWAL (1997), KOČÁREK et al. (2007), SAKENIN et al. (2010).

World distribution and distribution in neighbouring countries. Cosmopolitan ( STEINMANN 1989a); Armenia ( ALBOUY & CAUSSANEL 1990), Turkey ( WERNER 1901; BURR 1912, 1947, 1952a,b; MAŘAN 1957; ALBOUY & CAUSSANEL 1990; ÖNDER et al. 1999; HAAS & HENDERICKX 2002; ANLAŞ & KOČÁREK, in press), and Turkmenistan ( ALBOUY & CAUSSANEL 1990).