Neodermaptera, sometimes called Catadermaptera,[2] is a suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There are more than 2,000 described species in Neodermaptera. [3][4][5]
| Neodermaptera Temporal range:
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| Forficula decipiens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | Neodermaptera Engel, 2003[1] |
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.[3][5]
Families edit
BioLib[2] includes seven superfamilies, with the Dermaptera Species File[6] grouping these into two infraorders and fossil genera incertae sedis:
Epidermaptera edit
Infraorder authority: Engel, 2003
Anisolabidoidea edit
Authority: Verhoeff, 1902
- Anisolabididae Verhoeff, 1902
Apachyoidea edit
Authority: Verhoeff, 1902
- Apachyidae Verhoeff, 1902
Forficuloidea edit
Authority: Latreille, 1810 (synonym Forficulina)
- Arixeniidae Jordan, 1909
- Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Forficulidae Latreille, 1810
- Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902 - little earwigs: includes Labiinae
Hemimeroidea edit
Authority: Sharp, 1895
- Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895
Labiduroidea edit
Authority: Verhoeff, 1902
- Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 - striped earwigs
Protodermaptera edit
Infraorder authority: Zacher, 1910
Karschielloidea edit
Authority: Verhoeff, 1902
- Karschiellidae Verhoeff, 1902
Pygidicranoidea edit
Authority: Verhoeff, 1902
- Diplatyidae Verhoeff, 1902
- Haplodiplatyidae Engel, 2016: monotypic contains genus Haplodiplatys Hincks, 1955 from Asia
- Pygidicranidae Verhoeff, 1902
Fossil genera edit
- †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 edit
- ^ Engel MS (2003) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 106: 116.
- ^ a b BioLib.cz: suborder Catadermaptera Steinmann, 1986 (retrieved 16 September 2022)
- ^ a b 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. S2CID 83734018.
- ^ Lesley, S.D. (2018). "suborder Neodermaptera". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ a b Engel, Michael S.; Haas, Fabian (2007). "Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera)". American Museum Novitates (3567). American Museum of Natural History: 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5858. S2CID 85642033.
- ^ Dermaptera Species File: suborder Neodermaptera (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 16 September 2022)
Further reading edit
- 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. S2CID 85718043.
- Steinmann, H. (1989). Spencer, K. A. (ed.). World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Series Entomologica. Vol. 43. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7923-0096-0.
External links edit
Data related to Neodermaptera at Wikispecies
Media related to Neodermaptera at Wikimedia Commons
