Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1810. Considérations Générales sur l'Ordre Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et des Insectes; Avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres, Disposés en Familles 1-444
Parent taxon: Eudermaptera according to L. S. Deem 2012
See also Engel 2003 and Engel and Haas 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chelisochidae Forficulidae Laasbium sectile Litholabis Petrolabis Spongiphoridae
Type: Forficula
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (4), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), Mexico (1)
• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 31 collections including 47 occurrences