Forficulidae

Forficulidae

Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Forficulina
Family:	Forficulidae Stephens, 1829
Genera ^[1]
Subfamily Allodahliinae Eulithinus Subfamily Anechurinae Anechura Subfamily Chelidurinae Chelidura Mesochelidura Pseudochelidura Subfamily Forficulinae Apterygida Forficula Incertae sedis Allodahlia Anechura Apanechura Chelidura Chelidureli Chelidurella Doru Eparchus Eulithinus Guanchia Mesochelidura Oreasiobia Perirrhytus Pseudochelidura Timomenus

Forficulidae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina in the order Dermaptera.

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

References

↑ http://ZipcodeZoo.com/Key/Animalia/Forficulidae_Family.asp

External links

Media related to Forficulidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Forficulidae at Wikispecies

Extant Dermaptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera

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Protodermaptera

Karschielloidea	Karschiellidae

Pygidicranoidea	Diplatyidae Pygidicranidae

Epidermaptera

Forficuloidea	Arixeniidae Chelisochidae (black earwigs) Forficulidae (common earwig, short-winged earwig and relatives) Labiidae (little earwigs)

Labiduroidea	Labiduridae (striped earwigs)

Anisolabidoidea	Anisolabididae

Apachyoidea	Apachyidae

Hemimeroidea	Hemimeridae

Obsolete classification: Arixeniidae in suborder Arixeniina; Hemimeridae in suborder Hemimerina; the other 9 families in suborder Forficulina.