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superfamily Forficuloidea Latreille, 1810

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Tillyard. 1926. Insects of Australia and New Zealand 107-112
  • Ross. 2019. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110(3-4):301-311 >> Note: Incomplete juveile earwig specimen.
• Type genus:  Forficula Linnaeus, 1758; priority for family-group names based on Forficula dates from Forficulariae Latreille, 1810.  First use as Forficuloidea by Tillyard, 1926.

• family Arixeniidae Jordan, 1909
• synonym Arixeniina Jordan, 1909
• synonym Arixenina Jordan, 1909
• genus Arixenia Jordan, 1909
• genus Xeniaria Maa, 1974
• family Chelisochidae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Chelisochinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Genitalatinae Steinmann, 1987
• subfamily Kinesinae
• family Forficulidae Latreille, 1810
• synonym Forficulariae Latreille, 1810
• subfamily Allodahliinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Ancistrogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Anechurinae Burr, 1907
• subfamily Diaperasticinae Burr, 1907
• subfamily Forficulinae Latreille, 1810
• subfamily Neolobophorinae Burr, 1907
• subfamily Opisthocosmiinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Skendylinae Burr, 1907
• family Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902
• synonym Labiidae Burr, 1909
• subfamily Caecolbaiinae Steinmann, 1989
• subfamily Cosmogeracinae Brindle, 1982
• subfamily Geracinae Brindle, 1971
• subfamily Isolaboidinae Brindle, 1978
• subfamily Isopyginae Hincks, 1951
• subfamily Labiinae Burr, 1909
• subfamily Nesogastrinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Pericominae Burr, 1911
• subfamily Ramamurthiinae Steinmann, 1975
• subfamily Rudracinae Srivastava, 1995
• subfamily Sparattinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Spongiphorinae Verhoeff, 1902
• subfamily Strongylopsalinae Burr, 1911
• subfamily Vandicinae Burr, 1911
• genus Paratages Srivastava, 1987

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