Neodermaptera

Neodermaptera; Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Forficula decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Neodermaptera; Engel, 2003

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]

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)

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

^ 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)