S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 31/1. (Budapest, 1978)

LABIIDAE Burr, 19 09 Avery large family, principally of small or rather small species, characterized by the simple second tarsal segment and by the male genitalia having a single genital lobe. Two genera with two species are now recorded from North Africa. Labia mino

r (Linnaeus) 1758 Forficula minor Linnaeus, Syst. nat. (10) 2: 423. - Terra typica: Europe (Type male: British Museum (Hist. Nat. ), London. Distribution: Cosmopolitan; occurs in aU faunal regions. Apparent

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/ lasJ- - •• • >. arctic, it is common and widely distributed throughout Africa. Marava arachidis (Yersin) 1860 Forficula arachidis Yersin, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., 8: 509. - Terra typica: France: Marseille (Type male: Paris Museum). Distribution: Cosmopolitan; mainly Indo-Australian but now found in allregions, mainly as an adventive in the Palaearctic. FORFICULIDAE Stephens, 1831 A large family, characterized by the broadened second tarsal segment, and by the single median genital lobe in the male genitalia. The genitalia are relatively simple in structure, with the external parameres usually weakly sclerotized and the virgae present as a relatively wide tube which is broadened at the base to form a basal vesicle.Three genera with 9 species are recorded from Palaearctic Africa. Guanchia circinata (Finot) 1893 Forficula circinata Finot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr.

, 62: 28. - Terra typica: Algeria (Type male: Paris Museum). Distribution: Algeria, Spain. Anechura bipunctata (Fabricius) 1781 Forficula bipunctata Fabricius, Spec.

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Ins., 1: 340. - Terra typica: Russia (Type: unknown). Distribution: North Africa, Europe, Central and Western. Forficula auricularia Linnaeus 1758 Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, Syst. nat., (10), 2: 423. - Terra typica: Europe (Type male: Linnean Collection, London). Material examined: Tunisia, El Kef, 26-30. III. 1977. No. 6, leg. Dr. S. Mahunka, 2 juv.; ditto, No. 11, 27. III. 1977, leg. Dr. L. Gozmány, 2 66 and 29 juv.; ditto, Essaboum, Cherket, about 25 km S from El Kef, No. 14, 27. III. 1927, leg. Dr. A. Embei-Isztin and Dr. S. Mahunka; 11 66, 5 o.o_ and 10 juv.; ditto, Environs of Oued el Khol, 23 km W from El Kef, on the El Kef- Sakiet road, No. 22, 27. III. 1927, leg. Dr. L. Gozmány and Dr. S. Mahunka, 5 juv. ; ditto, Along the Oued el Khol, at intersection of river and the El Kef - Sakiet road, No. 33, 28. III. 1927, leg. Dr. A. Embei-Isztin, 1 g and 18 juv.; ditto, Nebeur, about 30 km N from El Kef, No. 35, 30. III. 1977, leg. Dr. S. Mahunka, 1 6; ditto, Environs of Ain Dra-