Dermaptera

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordines: Neodermaptera – †Archidermaptera – †Eodermaptera

incertae sedis: †Atopderma

nomina dubia: Formosozoros

Name

Dermaptera De Geer, 1773: 399

Synonyms

Labidoura Duméril, 1806
Placoda Billberg, 1820
Trimera Zetterstedt, 1821
Euplekoptera Westwood, 1831
Dermatoptera Burmeister, 1838
Euplexoptera Westwood, 1839
Dermoptera Agassiz, 1848
Harmoptera Fieber, 1852
Euplectoptera Fischer, 1853
Holodermaptera Verhoeff, 1904 [Note: = Dermaptera sine Hemimeroidea, Arixeniidae]
Dermatopteroidea Martynov, 1925
Dermapteroida Kevan & Knipper, 1961
Brachydermaptera Kluge, 2003

References

Primary references

De Geer, C. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes. Tome troisième. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. viii + [1 (Errata)] + 696 pp., 44 pls. Gallica. Reference page.

Additional references

Chen, Z-T. 2022. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of two earwigs (Insecta, Dermaptera) and the preliminary phylogenetic implications. Zookeys 1087ː 105–122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.78998 Reference page.
Engel, M.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 .
Engel, M.S. 2011. New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera). ZooKeys 130: 137–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1293 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Haas, F. 2007. Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera). American Museum Novitates 3567: 1–20. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5858 . BHL. Reference page.
Engel, M.S., Ortega-Blanco, J. & Azar, D. 2011. The earliest earwigs in amber (Dermaptera): a new genus and species from the Early Cretaceous of Lebanon. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2): 139–148. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X555717 .
Hudson, L. 1973: A systematic revision of the New Zealand Dermaptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3: 219–254. BUGZ
Kamimura, Y., Nishikawa, M. & Lee, C-Y. 2016. The earwig fauna (Insecta: Dermaptera) of Penang Island, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4084(2): 233–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.4.Reference page.
Kočárek, P. & Hu, F.-S. 2023. An Immature Dermapteran Misidentified as an Adult Zorapteran: The Case of Formosozoros newi Chao & Chen, 2000. Insects 14(1): 53. DOI: 10.3390/insects14010053 . Reference page.
Miskelly, J. & Paiero, S.M. 2019. Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada. Pp 255–269 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27241 Reference page.
Zhao, J., Ren, D., & Shih, C. 2010. Enigmatic earwig‐like fossils from Inner Mongolia, China. Insect Science 17(5): 459–464. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01315.x .

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Haas, Fabian. 1996. Dermaptera. Earwigs. Version 18 July 1996 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
Dermaptera Species File

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Ohreschlitzer
беларуская: Скурыстакрылыя
dansk: Ørentviste
Deutsch: Ohrwürmer
English: Earwigs
español: Tijerilla
eesti: Nahktiivalised
suomi: Pihtihäntäiset
Nordfriisk: Uarklöögern
հայերեն: Ականջմտուկներ
日本語: ハサミムシ目 (革翅目)
한국어: 집게벌레목 (혁시목)
lietuvių: Auslindos
latviešu: Spīļastes
македонски: Уволажи
norsk: Saksedyr
português: Dermápteros
русский: Кожистокрылые
slovenčina: Ucholaky
slovenščina: Strigalice
српски / srpski: Ухолаже
svenska: Tvestjärtar
தமிழ்: விட்டில் பூச்சிகள்
Türkçe: Kulağakaçanlar
中文: 革翅目

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