Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Forficuloidea for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Forficuloidea Stephens, 1829
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	458 5336 18787	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	455 5331 18781	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	433 5239 18576	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	45 249 594	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Dermaptera De Geer, 1773 Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs	5 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Neodermaptera Engel, 2003	5 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Epidermaptera Engel, 2003	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Forficuloidea Stephens, 1829	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Papua New Guinea
3 Families width 3 Species

Genera for Papua New Guinea
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Papua New Guinea
3 Species

Chaetospania attenuata Steinmann, 1988
Chaetospania paederina Gerstaecker, 1883
Forficula auricularia Carolus Linn..., 1758	Common earwig

Subnodes of Forficuloidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea

Family	Chelisochidae Burr, 1907 black earwig, Black earwigs	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Forficulidae Stephens, 1829 Common Earwig, European Earwigs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902 Little Earwigs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Forficuloidea at itis.gov