Forficulidae
Family of earwigs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Forficulidae | |
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Forficula auricularia | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Suborder: | Neodermaptera |
Infraorder: | Epidermaptera |
Superfamily: | Forficuloidea |
Family: | Forficulidae Latreille, 1810 |
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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]