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Dermaptera Species File
Family

Forficulidae Latreille, 1810

Type

type genus of Forficulidae Latreille, 1810

Nomenclature (41)

  • Forficulidae Latreille, 1810: 244, 246.

    type genus Forficula Linnaeus, 1758

  • Forficulariae Latreille, 1810: 244,246. (not Latin)

    type genus Forficula Linnaeus, 1758

  • Forficulidae Latreille, 1810 in Morrison, Mathews & Leskey, 2016 Behavior; Anatomy/Physiology
  • Forficulidae Latreille, 1810 in Karaca, Sahin & Erler, 2018 Behavior; Ecology

Nomenclature references (38)

  • Latreille, P.A. (1810) Consideration générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant les classes des Crustaces, des Arachnides, et des Insectesl; avec un Tableau methodique de leurs genres, disposes en families. F. Schoell, Paris, 444 pp.
  • Burr, M. (1907) A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermatoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1907, 91–134. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48288#page/303/
  • Burr, M. (1910) The Fauna of British India: Dermaptera (Earwigs). Taylor and Francis, London, 217 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8271/
  • Burr, M. (1911) Dermaptera. In Genera Insectorum. Vol. 122, pp. 1–112. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105421/
  • Caudell, A.N. (1913) Notes on the Nearctic orthopterous insects. I. Nonsaltatorial forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 44, 595–614.
  • Zacher, F. (1915) Bemerkungen zum System der Dermapteren. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 45, 523–528.
  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et Dermaptères. Faune de France, 3, 212 pp.
  • Rehn, J. (1924) The Dermaptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition, with a catalogue of the Belgian Congo Species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 49, 349–413.
  • Borelli, A. (1926) Dermapteres de Java, Sumatra et iles voisines. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 8(3-4), 248–273.
  • Tillyard, R.J. (1926) Dermaptera. Insects of Australia and New Zealand, 107–112.
  • Shiraki, T. (1928) Dermapteren aus dem Kaiserreich Japan. Insecta Matsumurana, 3(1), 1–25.
  • Maccagno, T. (1933) I dermatteri Italiani. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 43(40), 241–296.
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1934) Studies on the Dermaptera of the Province of Sechuan, China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10(Volume 8), 401–425.
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1936) Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'URSS, 1–239. [in Russian; with summary, key and index in English pp. 208-239]
  • Hincks, W. (1938) Die Arthropodenfauna von Madeira nach den Ergebnissen der Reise von Prof. Dr. O. Lundblad Juli - August 1935. Arkiv för Zoologi, 30B(12), 1–8.
  • Kevan, D. (1951) Records of Trinidad Earwigs (Dermaptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12(Volume 4), 249–257.
  • Boeseman, M. (1954) The Dermaptera in the Museums at Leiden and Amsterdam. Zoologische Verhandlingen, 21, 1–117.
  • Hincks, W. (1957) The Earwigs of South Africa. South African Animal Life, 4(Chapter 2), 33–94.
  • Ramamurthi, B.N. (1960) Dermaptera from Nilgiri and Kodaikanal Hills with description of a new species. Bulletin of Entomology (Madras), 1, 34–37.
  • Popham, E. (1963) The geographical distribution of the Dermaptera. The Entomologist, 96, 131–144.
  • Popham, E. (1965) A key to dermapteran subfamilies. The Entomologist, 98, 126–136.
  • Kapoor, V. (1967) Catalogue on the Indian Dermaptera. Agra University Journal of Research, 16(1), 1–42.
  • Brindle, A. (1968) Dermaptera from Venezuela. Acta biológica venezuelica, 6(1), 82–98.
  • Popham, E. (1969) The geographical distribution of the Dermaptera — a case for continental drift? The Entomologist, 102, 121–124.
  • Reichardt, H. (1971) Catalogue of new world Dermaptera (Insecta). Part IV Forficuloidea. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 24, 161–184.
  • Brindle, A. (1973) The Dermaptera of Africa. Pt I. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, série in 8: Sciences Zoologiques, 205, 1–335.
  • Sakai, S. (1973) VII. Forficulidae. Dermapterorum Catalogus Praeliminaris, 357 pp.
  • Steinmann, H. (1975) Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21, 195–220.
  • Srivastava, G.K. (1976) Catalogue of Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper, 2, 1–94.
  • Steinmann, H. (1981) A study of the circumtropical Dermaptera material in the ''Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie'', Amsterdam. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 27(1-2), 187–210.
  • Steinmann, H. (1981) The Dermaptera of the Museo civico di Storia naturale di Milano with description of Forcipula leonardii n.sp. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 122, 157–170.
  • Sakai, S. (1982) A new proposed classification of the Dermaptera with special reference to the check list of the Dermaptera of the world. Daito Bunka University, 20, 1–108.
  • Steinmann, H. (1989c) World Catalogue of Dermaptera. In Series Entomologica. Vol. 43, 1–934 pp.
  • Sakai, S. & Liu, X.-W. (1995) Review on the Chinese Forficulidae, Dermaptera. Special Bulletin Daito Bunka University, 52, 9264–9283.
  • Engel, M.S. & Haas, F. (2007) Family-Group names for Earwigs (Dermaptera). American Museum Novitates, 3567, 1–20.
  • Matzke, D. (2012) A contribution to the fauna of earwings of Nepal with description of a new species (Insecta: Dermaptera). In Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya: Vol. IV. Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Erfurt. pp. 149–177.
  • Morrison, W.R., III, Mathews, C.R. & Leskey, T.C. (2016) Frequency, efficiency, and physical characteristics of predation by generalist predators of brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) eggs. Biological Control, 97, 120–130. Available at http://https://www.researchgate.net/profile/William_Morrison4/publication/297891667_Frequency_efficiency_and_physical_characteristics_of_predation_by_generalist_predators_of_brown_marmorated_stink_bug_Hemiptera_Pentatomidae_eggs/links/56ed648a08ae59dd41c5d06a.pdf
  • Karaca, I., Sahin, O. & Erler, F. (2018) A survey of natural enemies and associated arthropod pests in pomegranate orchards in Antalya-Turkey. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 27(8), 5306–5311.

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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Family1012
Subfamily801119
Genus72432108
Subgenus1001
Superspecies1001
Species52186131142
Subspecies1401024