Family Forficulidae Latreille 1810 (common earwig)

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

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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

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