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Forficulidae (common earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Forficulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Forficulidae Latreille p. 25
1890Forficulariae Scudder p. 202
1902Forficulidae Verhoeff
1989Forficulidae Zhang p. 417
1992Forficulidae Carpenter p. 153
2003Forficulidae Engel p. 116
2005Forficulidae Wappler et al. p. 229
2007Forficulidae Engel and Haas p. 5

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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
familyForficulidae
familyForficulidae

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. 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
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

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

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Forficula bolcensis (152649)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Denmark Forficula paleocaenica (114153 114154 152143 152144 152147 152151)
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)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Labiduromma infernum, Labiduromma labens (106384) 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 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Forficulites rottensis (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Forficula sp. (122488)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Forficula sp. A (122501)
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)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Forficula recta, Forficula minuta (117252)
Calabrian - Ionian1.8 - 0.129United Kingdom (Durham) Forficula auricularia (140489)