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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 forceps-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folde ...
. 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.F ...
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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 separ ...
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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 is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), 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 Anisolabididae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Neodermaptera and the order Dermaptera. Subfamilies *Anisolabidinae **''Aborolabis'' **''Anisolabis'' **''Canarilabis'' **''Carcinophora'' **''Epilandex'' **''Euborellia'' **''Flexiolabi ...
Verhoeff, 1902


Apachyoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 *
Apachyidae Apachyidae is a small family of earwigs, in the suborder Neodermaptera and 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 ...
Verhoeff, 1902


Forficuloidea

Authority: Latreille, 1810 (synonym Forficulina) *
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 gen ...
Jordan, 1909 * Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902 *
Forficulidae Forficulidae is a family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 70 genera and more than 500 described species in Forficulidae. Species in this family include ''Forficula auricularia'' (the European earwig or common earwig) and ' ...
Latreille, 1810 *
Spongiphoridae Spongiphoridae is a family of 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 * '' Bar ...
Verhoeff, 1902 - little earwigs: includes
Labiinae Labiinae, whose members are commonly known as little earwigs, is a moderately sized subfamily of earwigs in the family Spongiphoridae. It is a cosmopolitan family, whose members are small, winged earwigs, generally less than in length. Genera T ...


Hemimeroidea

Authority: Sharp, 1895 * Hemimeridae 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 Neodermaptera. Taxonomy The family contains a total of approximately 72 species, spread across seven genera in three subfa ...
Verhoeff, 1902 - striped earwigs


Protodermaptera

Infraorder authority: Zacher, 1910


Karschielloidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902 *
Karschiellidae Karschiellidae is the sole family of earwig Earwigs make up the insect order (biology), order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cercus, cerci, a pai ...
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 "unisp ...
contains genus '' Haplodiplatys'' Hincks, 1955 from Asia * Pygidicranidae 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


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Further reading

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External links

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