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
Forficula decipiens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Epidermaptera

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Infraorder authority: Engel, 2003

Anisolabidoidea

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Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

Apachyoidea

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Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

Forficuloidea

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Authority: Latreille, 1810 (synonym Forficulina)

 
Vostox brunneipennis

Hemimeroidea

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Authority: Sharp, 1895

Labiduroidea

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Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

Protodermaptera

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Infraorder authority: Zacher, 1910

Karschielloidea

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Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

Pygidicranoidea

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Authority: Verhoeff, 1902

Fossil genera

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References

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

Further reading

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  • 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.
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