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Checklist for Family Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 (Common Earwig)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
67
394
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Dermaptera
De Geer, 1773
Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs
9
25
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Neodermaptera
Engel, 2003
9
25
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Epidermaptera
Engel, 2003
5
17
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Forficuloidea
Stephens, 1829
4
15
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyForficulidae
Stephens, 1829
Common Earwig, European Earwigs
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
6 Genera with 16 Species
Anechura Scudder, 18805SpeciesTaxom
Elaunon Burr, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Eparchus Burr, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Forficula Linnaeus, 19027SpeciesTaxom
Paratimomenus Steinmann, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Timomenus Burr, 18943SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
16 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anechura (Odontopsalis) harmandi Burr, 1904
Anechura harmandi harmandi Burr, 1904
Anechura harmandi lewisi Burr, 1904
Anechura harmandi soedaensis Terata & Sakai, 1989
Anechura (Odontopsalis) japonica Bormans, 1880
Elaunon bipartitus Kirby, 1891Earwig
Eparchus dux de Bormans, 1894
Eparchus yezoensis Shiraki, 1905
Forficula hiromasai Nishikawa, 1970
Forficula mikado Burr, 1904
Forficula paratomis Steinmann, 1985
Forficula planicollis Kirby, 1891
Forficula scudderi Bormans, 1880
Forficula tomis Kolenati, 1846Garden earwig
Forficula vicaria Semenov, 1902Vicarious earwig
Paratimomenus flavocapitatus Shiraki, 1905
Timomenus aesculapius Burr, 1905
Timomenus komarovi Semenov, 1901Komarov´s earwig
Timomenus lugens de Bormans, 1894

Subnodes of Forficulidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyAnechurinae
Burr, 1907
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyForficulinae
Stephens, 1829
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOpisthocosmiinae
Verhoeff, 1902
3
6
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