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subfamily Forficulinae Latreille, 1810

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Latreille. 1810. 444 pp >> Note: New subfamily.
  • Verhoeff. 1902. Zool. Anz. 25:196   >> Note: Forficulini
  • Burr. 1907. Transactions of the Entomological Society 1907:109   >> Note: Forficulinae
• Type genus:  Forficula Linnaeus, 1758; priority for family-group names based on Forficula dates from Forficulariae Latreille, 1810.  First use as Forficulinae by Burr, 1907.

• synonym Doratinae Burr, 1907
• synonym Forficulini Latreille, 1810
• genus Afroforficula Steinmann, 1990
• species brongersmai (Boeseman, 1954)
• species capeneri (Hincks, 1957)
• species kaffir (Burr, 1911)
• species nigerrima (Brindle, 1966)
• genus Apterygida Westwood, 1840
• synonym Apterygia Costa, 1881
• species albipennis (von Muhlfeld, 1825)
• species tuberculosa Shiraki, 1905
• species tumida Shiraki, 1928
• genus Chamaipites Burr, 1907
• synonym Chamaipetes Burr, 1907
• species hermes (Burr, 1900)
• genus Doru Burr, 1907
• species aculeatum (Scudder, 1876)
• species albipes (Fabricius, 1787)
• species beybienkoi Steinmann, 1979
• species cincinnatoi Machado, 1967
• species davisi Rehn & Hebard, 1914
• species dohrni Steinmann, 1979
• species gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)
• species leucopteryx Burr, 1912
• species lineare (Eschscholz, 1822)
• species luteipes (Scudder, 1876)
• species platensis Borelli, 1912
• species robustum Brindle, 1971
• species spiculiferum (Kirby, 1891)
• species taeniatum (Dohrn, 1862)
• species turbator Steinmann, 1979
• species unicolor Brindle, 1971
• genus Elaunon Burr, 1907
• species bipartitus (Kirby, 1891)
• species gangoli Gangola, 1965
• genus Forficula Linnaeus, 1758
• synonym Emiforficula Menozzi, 1927
• synonym Forfidula Houlbert, 1924
• species group auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
• species abbottabadiensis Bharadwaj & Kapoor, 1967
• species aetolica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• species albertisi Dubrony, 1879
• species apennina Costa, 1881
• species baijali Kapoor, 1968
• species beebei Burr, 1911
• species beelzebub (Burr, 1900)
• species berezovskyi Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species bhutanensis Brindle, 1975
• species biplaga Bey-Bienko, 1959
• species borellii Brindle, 1973
• species brolemanni Borelli, 1907
• species burgersi Günther, 1929
• species calmar Steinmann, 1988
• species capensis Thunberger, 1827
• species cavallii (Borelli, 1906)
• species cherapunjiae Kapoor, 1968
• species chopardi Hincks, 1947
• species cicero Steinmann, 1988
• species coloniae (Burr, 1911)
• species cristata Srivastava, 1982
• species davidi Burr, 1905
• species decipiens Géné, 1832
• species doumerci Audinet-Serville, 1838
• species fascinata Thunberger, 1827
• species fistula Steinmann, 1990
• species flavalis Brindle, 1983
• species flexuosa Fabricius, 1775
• species fontana Steinmann, 1988
• species genitalia Kapoor, 1968
• species gravelyi Burr, 1914
• species greeni Burr, 1907
• species harberei Burr, 1911
• species hinnulea Hincks, 1947
• species hiromasai Nishikawa, 1970
• species iberica Steinmann, 1981
• species indie Kapoor, 1968
• species interrogans Burr, 1905
• species jayarami Srivastava, 1972
• species kambaitiensis Hincks, 1947
• species kashmirensis Srivastava, 1984
• species lesnei Finot, 1887
• species lucasi Dohrn, 1865
• species lurida Fischer, 1853
• species mabillei Rochenberg, 1883
• species macrobasis Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species mandarina Borelli, 1915
• species meenae Kapoor, 1974
• species mikado Burr, 1904
• species mogul Burr, 1904
• species nepalensis Kapoor & Malla, 1980
• species ornata de Bormans, 1884
• species paratomis Steinmann, 1985
• species picta Kirby, 1891
• species planicollis Kirby, 1891
• species puella Steinmann, 1988
• species redempta Burr, 1905
• species riffensis Burr, 1909
• species ruficollis Fabricius, 1798
• species sagitta Semenov, 1936
• species schlagintweiti (Burr, 1904)
• species scudderii de Bormans, 1880
• species senegalensis Audinet-Serville, 1838
• species silana Costa, 1881
• species sinica Bey-Bienko, 1933
• species smyrnensis Audinet-Serville, 1838
• species splenidida Bey-Bienko, 1933
• species subauricularia Bey-Bienko, 1934
• species tawangensis Srivastava, 1983
• species tomis (Kolenati, 1846)
• species vicaria Semenov, 1902
• species vilmi Steinmann, 1989
• species wittmeri Srivastava, 1982
• genus Guanchia Burr, 1911
• species bandamaensis Martin, 1978
• species bicarinata Hincks, 1947
• species biturberculata (Brindle, 1966)
• species brevitarsis (Chopard, 1942)
• species brignolii (Taglianti, 1974)
• species cabrerae (Bolivar, 1893)
• species canariensis (Burr, 1905)
• species chirurga Burr, 1911
• species circinata (Finot, 1893)
• species crassa (Brindle, 1978)
• species distendens (Brindle, 1975)
• species fernandezi Martin, 1978
• species gomerensis Martin, 1978
• species guancharia (Heller, 1907)
• species hincksi (Burr, 1947)
• species kaznakovi (Semenov, 1908)
• species lucens (Brindle, 1975)
• species medica Burr, 1911
• species obtusangula (Krauss, 1904)
• species pubescens (Géné, 1837)
• species rehni (Burr, 1952)
• species rugosula (Hincks, 1957)
• species schmitzi (Borelli, 1906)
• species sjoestedti (Burr, 1907)
• species sokotrana (Burr, 1905)
• species storai Chopard, 1942
• species taylori (Popham, 1983)
• species tenerifensis Martin, 1978
• species transversa Brindle, 1968
• species triangulata (Hincks, 1950)
• species uvarovi (Semenov Tian-Shansky & Bey-Bienko, 1935)
• species uxoris (Heller, 1907)
• genus Mesolabia Shiraki, 1905
• species niitakaensis Shiraki, 1905
• species ramosa (Zhang, Ma & Chen, 1992)
• genus Parlax Burr, 1911
• species nieuwenhuisi (Burr, 1909)
• genus Proforficula Steinmann, 1990
• species angolensis (Brindle, 1978)
• species peringueyi (Burr, 1903)
• species promontorii (Burr, 1911)
• species purcelli (Burr, 1911)
• species stuckenbergi (Brindle, 1973)
• genus Skalistes Burr, 1907
• species biolleyi (Borelli, 1906)
• species cacaoensis (Caudell, 1907)
• species columbiana Steinmann, 1979
• species cornuta (Burr, 1908)
• species inopinata (Burr, 1900)
• species linsleyi Brindle, 1970
• species lucasi Brindle, 1974
• species lugubris (Dohrn, 1862)
• species peruviana Brindle, 1970
• species smithi (de Bormans, 1893)
• species vara (Scudder, 1876)
• species vidua (Burr, 1905)
• genus Tauropygia Brindle, 1970
• species tridentata Brindle, 1970

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