Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae
Alternative spelling: Forficulariae
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: Forficuloidea according to M. S. Engel and F. Haas 2007
See also Carpenter 1992, Engel 2003, Scudder 1890, Verhoeff 1902, Wappler et al. 2005 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Chelisochidae, Laasbium sectile, Litholabis, Petrolabis, Spongiphoridae
Subtaxa: Anechurinae Forficulinae Forficulites Hadanechura Rupiforficula
Type: Forficula
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (4), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (4), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 23 collections including 33 occurrences