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Extinct genus of earwigs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch.[1] It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]
Forficulites Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Family: | Forficulidae |
Genus: | †Forficulites Statz, 1939 |
Species: | †F. rottensis |
Binomial name | |
†Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939 | |