Forficulina

Forficulina

Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Forficulina
Families ^[1]
Anisolabididae Apachyidae Chelisochidae Diplatyidae Forficulidae Karschiellidae Labiduridae Labiidae Pygidicranidae

Forficulina is the largest of the four suborders of earwigs, in the order Dermaptera. The other three are Archidermaptera, which is extinct, Arixeniina, and Hemimerina. They make up the largest and most familiar group. The cerci are unsegmented, and modified into large, forcep-like structures. Females have unhooked cerci, while males have hooked cerci.

There are a total of 9 families in this suborder. The best known species is Forficula auricularia, the European earwig, also known as the Common earwig, which is in the family Forficulidae.

References

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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.

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 10665611

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