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Checklist for Family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 (Common Earwig)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
71
522
1124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs
7
14
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neodermaptera
Engel, 2003
7
14
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Epidermaptera
Engel, 2003
3
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Forficuloidea
Stephens, 1829
3
9
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyForficulidae
Stephens, 1829
Common Earwig, European Earwigs
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
3 Genera with 6 Species
Doru Burr, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Metresura Rehn, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Opisthocosmia Dohrn, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
6 Species
Doru lineare Eschscholtz, 1822
Doru luteipes Scudder, 1876
Metresura flaviceps Brindle, 1975
Metresura flavipes Brindle, 1976
Metresura ruficeps Burmeister, 1838
Opisthocosmia anomala

Subnodes of Forficulidae with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubfamilyForficulinae
Stephens, 1829
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNeolobophorinae
Burr, 1907
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOpisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902
1
1
Genus
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