Dermaptera

Forficula auricularia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Anartioptera
Magnordo: Polyorthoptera
Superordo: Dermapterida
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordines: Neodermaptera – †Archidermaptera – †Eodermaptera

incertae sedis: †Atopderma

Name

Dermaptera De Geer, 1773: 399

Synonyms

• Labidoura Duméril, 1806
• Placoda Billberg, 1820
• Trimera Zetterstedt, 1821
• Euplekoptera Westwood, 1831
• Dermatoptera Burmeister, 1838
• Euplexoptera Westwood, 1839
• Dermoptera Agassiz, 1848
• Harmoptera Fieber, 1852
• Euplectoptera Fischer, 1853
• Holodermaptera Verhoeff, 1904 [Note: = Dermaptera sine Hemimeroidea, Arixeniidae]
• Dermatopteroidea Martynov, 1925
• Dermapteroida Kevan & Knipper, 1961
• Brachydermaptera Kluge, 2003

References

Primary references

• De Geer, C. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes. Tome troisième. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. viii + [1 (Errata)] + 696 pp., 44 pls. Gallica. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chen, Z-T. 2022. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of two earwigs (Insecta, Dermaptera) and the preliminary phylogenetic implications. Zookeys 1087ː 105–122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.78998 Reference page. 
• Engel, M.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 .
• Engel, M.S. 2011. New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera). ZooKeys 130: 137–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1293 . Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S. & Haas, F. 2007. Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera). American Museum Novitates 3567: 1–20. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5858 . BHL. Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Ortega-Blanco, J. & Azar, D. 2011. The earliest earwigs in amber (Dermaptera): a new genus and species from the Early Cretaceous of Lebanon. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2): 139–148. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X555717 .
• Hudson, L. 1973: A systematic revision of the New Zealand Dermaptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3: 219–254. BUGZ
• Kamimura, Y., Nishikawa, M. & Lee, C-Y. 2016. The earwig fauna (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Penang Island, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4084(2): 233–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.4.Reference page. 
• Miskelly, J. & Paiero, S.M. 2019. Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada. Pp 255–269 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27241 Reference page. 
• Zhao, J., Ren, D., & Shih, C. 2010. Enigmatic earwig‐like fossils from Inner Mongolia, China. Insect Science 17(5): 459–464. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01315.x .

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Haas, Fabian. 1996. Dermaptera. Earwigs. Version 18 July 1996 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Dermaptera Species File

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Ohreschlitzer
беларуская: Скурыстакрылыя
dansk: Ørentviste
Deutsch: Ohrwürmer
English: Earwigs
español: Tijerilla
eesti: Nahktiivalised
suomi: Pihtihäntäiset
Nordfriisk: Uarklöögern
հայերեն: Ականջմտուկներ
日本語: ハサミムシ目 (革翅目)
한국어: 집게벌레목 (혁시목)
lietuvių: Auslindos
latviešu: Spīļastes
македонски: Уволажи
norsk: Saksedyr
português: Dermápteros
русский: Кожистокрылые
slovenčina: Ucholaky
slovenščina: Strigalice
српски / srpski: Ухолаже
svenska: Tvestjärtar
தமிழ்: விட்டில் பூச்சிகள்
Türkçe: Kulağakaçanlar
中文: 革翅目

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