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Forficulidae (common earwig)
Taxonomy
Forficulidae was named by Latreille (1810). It is extant. Its type is Forficula.
It was assigned to Eudermaptera by Verhoeff (1902); to Dermaptera by Scudder (1890) and Zhang (1989); to Forficulina by Carpenter (1992); to Neodermaptera by Wappler et al. (2005); and to Forficuloidea by Engel (2003) and Engel and Haas (2007).
It was assigned to Eudermaptera by Verhoeff (1902); to Dermaptera by Scudder (1890) and Zhang (1989); to Forficulina by Carpenter (1992); to Neodermaptera by Wappler et al. (2005); and to Forficuloidea by Engel (2003) and Engel and Haas (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1810 | Forficulidae Latreille p. 25 |
| 1890 | Forficulariae Scudder p. 202 |
| 1902 | Forficulidae Verhoeff |
| 1989 | Forficulidae Zhang p. 417 |
| 1992 | Forficulidae Carpenter p. 153 |
| 2003 | Forficulidae Engel p. 116 |
| 2005 | Forficulidae Wappler et al. p. 229 |
| 2007 | Forficulidae Engel and Haas p. 5 |
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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.
Fm. Forficulidae Latreille 1810 [common earwig]
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Subfm. Anechurinae Burr 1907
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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. †Rupiforficula Engel and Chatzimanolis 2010
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†Rupiforficula inferna Scudder 1890
†Rupiforficula labens Scudder 1890
†Rupiforficula scudderi Brown 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 13 to the top of the Ionian or 48.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Denmark | Forficula paleocaenica (114153 114154 152143 152144 152147 152151) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Forficula bolcensis (152649) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Forficulina indet. (138912) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Forficula baltica, Forficula klebsi (124088) Forficula klebsi, Forficula pristina, Forficula praecursor (124073) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Labiduromma infernum, Labiduromma labens (106384) Labiduromma scudderi (106380) | |
| Rupelian | France (Alpes-de-Haute) | Forficulidae indet. C, Forficula sp. B (114016) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Bouches-du-Rhone) | Forficula paleoligura (113989) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Forficulites rottensis (122010) | |
| Chattian | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Forficula sp. (122488) | |
| Chattian | France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) | Forficula sp. A (122501) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Allodahlia shanwangensis (128552) Apanechura asecta (128550) Apanechura hydrophila, Apanechura ooidea, Allodahlia shanwangensis, Anechura japonica (128551) Apanechura macrura, Hadanechura sisypha (138946) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Forficula recta, Forficula minuta (117252) | |
| Calabrian - Ionian | United Kingdom (Durham) | Forficula auricularia (140489) |