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Checklist for Family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 (Common Earwig)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
97
1072
3504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs
8
44
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neodermaptera
Engel, 2003
8
44
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Epidermaptera
Engel, 2003
4
32
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Forficuloidea
Stephens, 1829
3
23
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyForficulidae
Stephens, 1829
Common Earwig, European Earwigs
8
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
8 Genera with 16 Species
Ancistrogaster Stål, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiella Hebard, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Doru Burr, 19716SpeciesTaxom
Forcepsia Moreira, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Kleter Burr, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Praos Burr, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Sarcinatrix Hebard, 19711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
16 Species
Ancistrogaster arthritica Scudder, 1876
Ancistrogaster mendesi Moreira, 1930
Cosmiella brasiliensis Moreira, 1930
Doru cincinnatoi Machado, 1967
Doru gracilis Burmeister, 1838
Doru lineare Eschscholtz, 1822
Doru luteipes Scudder, 1876
Doru taeniatum Dohrn, 1862Lined Earwig
Doru unicolor Brindle, 1971
Forcepsia pulla Moreira, 1930
Kleter amazonensis de Bormans, 1899
Kleter americanus de Bormans, 1893
Kleter aterrima de Bormans, 1883
Opisthocosmia silvestris Moreira, 1930
Praos paulensis Moreira, 1932
Sarcinatrix quadrimaculata Brindle, 1971

Subnodes of Forficulidae with occurrences in Brazil
SubfamilyAncistrogastrinae
Verhoeff, 1902
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCosmiellinae
Steinmann, 1975
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForficulinae
Stephens, 1829
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOpisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySkendylinae
Steinmann, 1975
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Forficulidae at artfakta.se
Forficulidae at dyntaxa.se
Forficulidae at gbif.org
Forficulidae at irmng.org
Forficulidae at itis.gov