Neodermaptera

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: Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Forficula decipiens
Scientific classification
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

BioLib^[2] includes seven superfamilies, with the Dermaptera Species File^[6] grouping these into two infraorders and fossil genera incertae sedis:

Epidermaptera

Infraorder authority: Engel, 2003

Anisolabidoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

• Anisolabididae Verhoeff, 1902

Apachyoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

• Apachyidae Verhoeff, 1902

Forficuloidea

Authority: Latreille, 1810 (synonym Forficulina)

Vostox brunneipennis

• Arixeniidae Jordan, 1909
• Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902
• Forficulidae Latreille, 1810
• Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902 - little earwigs: includes Labiinae

Hemimeroidea

Authority: Sharp, 1895

• Hemimeridae Sharp, 1895

Labiduroidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

• Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902 - striped earwigs

Protodermaptera

Infraorder authority: Zacher, 1910

Karschielloidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

• Karschiellidae Verhoeff, 1902

Pygidicranoidea

Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

• Diplatyidae Verhoeff, 1902
• Haplodiplatyidae Engel, 2016: monotypic 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

References

1. Engel MS (2003) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 106: 116.
2. BioLib.cz: suborder Catadermaptera Steinmann, 1986 (retrieved 16 September 2022)
3. 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.
4. Lesley, S.D. (2018). "suborder Neodermaptera". Dermaptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
5. 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.
6. Dermaptera Species File: suborder Neodermaptera (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 16 September 2022)

Further reading

• 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

• Data related to Neodermaptera at Wikispecies
• Media related to Neodermaptera at Wikimedia Commons