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Forficuloidea

Insecta - Dermaptera

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Forficuloidea Latreille
1900Laasbium sectile Scudder p. 50 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
2001Laasbium sectile Herman p. 3836
2003Forficuloidea Engel p. 116
2007Forficuloidea Engel and Haas p. 5
2012Forficuloidea Deem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Haplocercata
orderDermaptera
—PandermapteraEngel
—ApodermapteraEngel
suborderNeodermaptera
infraorderEpidermaptera
—Eteodermaptera
—Eudermaptera()
superfamilyForficuloidea
superfamilyForficuloidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Forficuloidea Latreille 1810
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Fm. Forficulidae Latreille 1810 [common earwig]
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Subfm. Anechurinae Burr 1907
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G. Allodahlia Verhoeff 1902
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G. Anechura Scudder 1876
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Anechura japonica de Bormans 1880
G. †Apanechura Zhang 1989
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†Apanechura asecta Zhang 1989
†Apanechura hydrophila Zhang 1989
†Apanechura macrura Zhang et al. 1994
†Apanechura ooidea Zhang 1989
Subfm. Forficulinae Latreille 1810
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G. Forficula Linnaeus 1758
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Forficula auricularia Linnaeus 1758
†Forficula baltica Burr 1911
†Forficula bolcensis Massalongo 1856
†Forficula klebsi Burr 1911
†Forficula kotejai Wappler et al. 2005
†Forficula minuta Heer 1864
†Forficula paleocaenica Willmann 1990
†Forficula paleoligura Nel et al. 1994
†Forficula praecursor Burr 1911
†Forficula primigenia Heer 1864
†Forficula pristina Burr 1911
†Forficula recta Heer 1864
G. †Forficulites Statz 1939
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†Forficulites rottensis Statz 1939
G. †Hadanechura Zhang et al. 1994
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†Hadanechura sisypha Zhang et al. 1994
G. †Rupiforficula Engel and Chatzimanolis 2010
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†Rupiforficula inferna Scudder 1890
†Rupiforficula labens Scudder 1890
†Rupiforficula scudderi Brown 1984
G. †Litholabis Engel and Chatzimanolis 2010
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†Litholabis gilberti Scudder 1890
G. †Petrolabis Engel and Chatzimanolis 2010
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†Petrolabis gurneyi Brown 1984
Fm. Spongiphoridae Verhoeff 1902
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G. †Sinolabia Zhou and Chen 1983
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†Sinolabia longyouensis Zhou and Chen 1983
Subfm. Spongiphorinae Verhoeff 1902
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G. †Ikelus Estrada-Álvarez and Núñez-Bazán 2023
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†Ikelus nuxibus Estrada-Álvarez and Núñez-Bazán 2023
G. Marava Burr 1911
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†Marava antiqua Estrada-Álvarez and Núñez-Bazán 2023
†Marava brevicauda Estrada-Álvarez and Núñez-Bazán 2023
†Marava neli Engel 2019
G. Vostox Burr 1911
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†Vostox engeli Estrada-Álvarez and Núñez-Bazán 2023
Invalid names: Labiinae [empty]
Invalid names: Chelisochidae Verhoeff 1902 [empty], Laasbium sectile Scudder 1900 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Ionian or 113.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Turonian113.0 - 89.8China (Zhejiang) Sinolabia longyouensis (156528)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Forficula paleocaenica (114153 114154 152143 152144 152147 152151)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Forficula bolcensis (152649)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Forficulina indet. (138912)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Forficula baltica, Forficula klebsi (124088) Forficula klebsi, Forficula pristina, Forficula praecursor (124073)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Forficuloidea indet. (123959)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Labiduromma gilberti, Labiduromma infernum, Labiduromma labens, Laasbium sectile, Laasbium agassizii (106384) Labiduromma gurneyi (106381 127617 151411) Labiduromma gurneyi, Labiduromma scudderi (106380)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Alpes-de-Haute) Forficulidae indet. C, Forficula sp. B (114016)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Forficula paleoligura (113989)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Forficula sp. A (122501)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Forficulites rottensis (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Forficula sp. (122488)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Marava antiqua, Marava brevicauda, Ikelus nuxibus, Vostox engeli (150408)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Allodahlia shanwangensis (128552) Apanechura asecta (128550) Apanechura hydrophila, Apanechura ooidea, Allodahlia shanwangensis, Anechura japonica (128551) Apanechura macrura, Hadanechura sisypha (138946)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Marava neli (122982)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Forficula recta, Forficula minuta (117252)
Calabrian - Ionian1.8 - 0.129United Kingdom (Durham) Forficula auricularia (140489)