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Forficula
Taxonomy
Forficula was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Forficulidae, Forficuloidea, Forficulinae.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); to Ulonata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Orthoptera by Latreille (1796) and Latreille (1802); to Forficulariae by Theobald (1937); to Forficulidae by Carpenter (1992) and Wappler et al. (2005); and to Forficulinae by Engel and Haas (2007).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Geoffroy (1762), Scopoli (1763), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); to Ulonata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Orthoptera by Latreille (1796) and Latreille (1802); to Forficulariae by Theobald (1937); to Forficulidae by Carpenter (1992) and Wappler et al. (2005); and to Forficulinae by Engel and Haas (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Forficula Linnaeus p. 423 |
| 1761 | Forficula Linnaeus p. 234 |
| 1762 | Forficula Geoffroy p. 374 |
| 1763 | Forficula Scopoli p. 103 |
| 1764 | Forficula Müller p. 24 |
| 1766 | Forficula Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Forficula Linnaeus p. 686 |
| 1775 | Forficula Fabricius p. 269 |
| 1776 | Forficula Müller p. 96 |
| 1796 | Forficula Latreille p. 79 |
| 1798 | Forficula Fabricius p. 185 |
| 1802 | Forficula Latreille p. 268 |
| 1937 | Forficula Theobald p. 293 |
| 1992 | Forficula Carpenter p. 153 |
| 2005 | Forficula Wappler et al. p. 229 |
| 2007 | Forficula 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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available