Neodermaptera, sometimes called Catadermaptera,BioLib.cz
suborder Catadermaptera Steinmann, 1986 (retrieved 16 September 2022) is a suborder of earwigs in the order

Dermaptera Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cerci, a pair of forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded ...

. There are more than 2,000 described species in Neodermaptera. The former suborders Forficulina, Hemimerina, and Arixeniina have been reduced in rank to family and placed into the new suborder Neodermaptera. Neodermaptera now contains all the extant species of Dermaptera, while the extinct species make up the suborders

Archidermaptera Archidermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. It is one of two extinct suborders of earwigs, and contains two families (Protodiplatyidae and Dermapteridae) known only from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous fossils.Fa ...

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Eodermaptera Eodermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs known from the Middle Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous. Defining characteristics include " tarsi three-segmented, tegmina retain venation, 8th and 9th abdominal tergite in females are narrowed, but separat ...

Families

''BioLib'' includes seven superfamilies, with the ''Dermaptera Species File''Dermaptera Species File
suborder Neodermaptera (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 16 September 2022) grouping these into two infraorders and fossil genera ''

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...

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Epidermaptera

Infraorder authority: Engel, 2003

Anisolabidoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 # Anisolabididae Verhoeff, 1902

Apachyoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 # Apachyidae Verhoeff, 1902

Forficuloidea

Authority: Latreille, 1810 (synonym Forficulina) Vostox brunneipennis P1650758a

Arixeniidae Arixeniidae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. Arixeniidae was formerly considered a suborder, Arixeniina, but was reduced in rank to family and included in the new suborder Neodermaptera. Arixeniidae is represented by two gene ...

Jordan, 1909 #

Chelisochidae Chelisochidae is a family of earwigsSee first entry in external links section for reference. whose members are commonly known as black earwigs. The family contains a total of approximately 96 species, spread across sixteen genera in three subfami ...

Verhoeff, 1902 #

Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and 490 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and '' Apterygi ...

Latreille, 1810 #

Spongiphoridae Spongiphoridae is a family of little earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. There are more than 40 genera and 510 described species in Spongiphoridae. Genera These 43 genera belong to the family Spongiphoridae: * '' Auchenomus'' Karsch, 1886 * ...

Verhoeff, 1902 - little earwigs: includes Labiinae

Hemimeroidea

Authority: Sharp, 1895 #

Hemimeridae Hemimeridae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. Hemimeridae was formerly considered a suborder, Hemimerina, but was reduced in rank to family and included in the new suborder Neodermaptera. Hemimeridae is represented by two gen ...

Sharp, 1895

Labiduroidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 #

Labiduridae Labiduridae, whose members are known commonly as striped earwigs, is a relatively large family of earwigs in the suborder Forficulina.See first entry in external links section for reference. Taxonomy The family contains a total of approximatel ...

Verhoeff, 1902 - striped earwigs

Protodermaptera

Infraorder authority: Zacher, 1910

Karschielloidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 # Karschiellidae Verhoeff, 1902

Pygidicranoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 #

Diplatyidae Diplatyidae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. It contains three subfamilies,monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

contains genus '' Haplodiplatys'' Hincks, 1955 from Asia #

Pygidicranidae Pygidicranidae is a family of earwigs, formerly placed in the suborder Forficulina, now in the suborder Neodermaptera. The family currently contains twelve subfamilies and twenty six genera. Eight of the subfamilies are monotypic, each containi ...

Verhoeff, 1902

Fossil genera

# †'' Autrigonoforceps'' Engel and Peris, 2015 # †'' Laasbium'' Scudder, 1900 # †'' Litholabis'' Engel & Chatzimanolis, 2010 # †'' Ocellia'' Olfers, 1907 # †'' Petrolabis'' Engel & Chatzimanolis, 2010 # †'' Rhadinolabis'' Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Azar, 2011 # †'' Rupiforficula'' Engel & Chatzimanolis, 2010 # †'' Vendeenympha'' Engel & Perrichot, 2014

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q16688639 Earwigs Taxa named by Michael S. Engel