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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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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