Forficulites

Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch.^[1] It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.^[2]

Forficulites Temporal range: 28.4–23.03 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Family:	Forficulidae
Genus:	†Forficulites Statz, 1939
Species:	†F. rottensis
Binomial name
†Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939