Neodermaptera
Neodermaptera is a suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are about 14 families and more than 2,000 described species in Neodermaptera. [1][2][3]
| Neodermaptera | |
|---|---|
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| Forficula decipiens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | 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 and Eodermaptera.[1][3]
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Families
These 14 families belong to the suborder Neodermaptera:
- Anisolabididae
- Apachyidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Arixeniidae Jordan, 1909
- Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954
- Chelisochidae Burr, 1907
- Diplatyidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Forficulidae Stephens, 1829
- Haplodiplatyidae Engel, 2017
- Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895
- Karschiellidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 (striped earwigs)
- Labiidae Burr, 1909
- Pygidicranidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Spongiphoridae (little earwigs)
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References
- Engel, Michael S. (2003). "The earwigs of Kansas, with a key to genera north of Mexico (Insecta: Dermaptera)". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 106 (3): 115–123. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0115:TEOKWA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3628391.
- Lesley, S.D. (2018). "suborder Neodermaptera". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates. American Museum of Natural History (3567).
Further reading
- Jarvis, Karl J.; Haas, Fabian; Whiting, Michael F. (2005). "Phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 442–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
- Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.
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