Forficulidae

Forficulidae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera
Infraorder:	Epidermaptera
Superfamily:	Forficuloidea
Family:	Forficulidae Latreille, 1810
Subfamilies
Allodahliinae Verhoeff, 1902 Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902 Anechurinae Verhoeff, 1902 Diaperasticinae Burr, 1907 Forficulinae Latreille, 1810 Neolobophorinae Burr, 1907 Opisthocosmiinae Verhoeff, 1902 Skendylinae Burr, 1907

Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Species in this family include Forficula auricularia (the European earwig or common earwig) and Apterygida media (the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig).

Forficulidae was formerly considered a suborder of Dermaptera, Forficulina, but was reduced in rank to family and placed in suborder Neodermaptera.^[4]^[6]

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Genera

These 71 genera belong to the family Forficulidae:

Acanthocordax Günther, 1929
Afrocosmia Hincks, 1960
Afroforficula Steinmann, 1990
Allodahlia Verhoeff, 1902
Ancistrogaster Stal, 1855
Anechura Scudder, 1876
Apterygida Westwood, 1840
Arthroedetus Caudell, 1907
Brachycosmiella Steinmann, 1990
Brindleiana Steinmann, 1975
Chaetocosmia Nishikawa, 1973
Chamaipites Burr, 1907
Chelidura Latreille, 1825
Cipex Burr, 1910
Cordax Burr, 1910
Cosmiella Verhoeff, 1902
Cosmiola Bey-Bienko, 1959
Diaperasticus Burr, 1907
Doru Burr, 1907
Elaunon Burr, 1907
Eparchus Burr, 1907
Eudohrnia Burr, 1907
Eulithinus Hincks, 1935
Eumegalura Bey-Bienko, 1934
Eutimomena Bey-Bienko, 1970
Forcepsia Moreira, 1930
Forficula Linnaeus, 1758
Guanchia Burr, 1911
Hypurgus Burr, 1907
Kleter Burr, 1907
Liparura Burr, 1907
Lipodes Burr, 1907
Litocosmia Hebard, 1917
Mesasiobia Semenov, 1908
Mesolabia Shiraki, 1905
Metresura Rehn, 1922
Mixocosmia Borelli, 1909
Neocosmiella Hebard, 1919
Neolobophora Scudder, 1875
Neoopisthocosmia Steinmann, 1990
Neopterygida Srivastava, 1984
Obelura Burr, 1907
Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 1865
Oreasiobia Semenov, 1936
Osteulcus Burr, 1907
Paracosmia Borelli, 1909
Paracosmiella Steinmann, 1990
Parasondax Srivastava, 1978
Parasyntonus Steinmann, 1990
Paratimomenus Steinmann, 1974
Pareparchus Burr, 1911
Parlax Burr, 1911
Perirrhytus Burr, 1911
Praos Burr, 1907
Proforficula Steinmann, 1990
Prosadiya Hebard, 1923
Pseudochelidura Verhoeff, 1902
Pterygida Verhoeff, 1902
Sarcinatrix Rehn, 1903
Setocordax Brindle, 1970
Skalistes Burr, 1907
Sondax Burr, 1910
Spinosocordax Steinmann, 1988
Syntonus Burr, 1910
Timomenus Burr, 1907
Tristanella Borelli, 1909
† Apanechura Zhang, 1989
† Forficulites Statz, 1939
† Hadanechura Zhang Junfeng, Sun Bo & Zhang Xiyu, 1994
† Rupiforficula Engel & Chatzimanolis, 2010
† Tauropygia Brindle, 1970

References

^ "Forficulidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "Forficulidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ "Family Forficulidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ ^a ^b Engel, Michael S. (2003). "The earwigs of Kansas, with a key to genera north of Mexico (Insecta: Dermaptera)". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 106 (3): 115–123. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0115:TEOKWA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3628391.
^ Lesley, S.D. (2018). "family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
^ ^a ^b Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates (3567). American Museum of Natural History: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5858.