Forficulidae

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]

Forficulidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Neodermaptera
Infraorder: Epidermaptera
Superfamily: Forficuloidea
Family: Forficulidae
Latreille, 1810
Subfamilies

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]

Timomenus komarovi

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
  1. "Forficulidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. "Forficulidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. 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.
  4. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  5. Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History. 3567 (3567): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2.

Further reading
  • Giles, E. T. (1963). "The comparative external morphology and affinities of the Dermaptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 115 (4): 95–164. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1963.tb00816.x.
  • Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 85718043.


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