DERMAPTERA, de Geer, 1773

ENGEL, MICHAEL S. & HAAS, FABIAN, 2007, Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera), American Museum Novitates 3567 (1), pp. 1-20 : 6-7

CLASSIFICATION OF DERMAPTERA morphic) and were thus often regarded as separate suborders of the Dermaptera (as Hemimerina and Arixeniina ). The remaining earwigs were thus classified into a third suborder, the Forficulina . However, there are indications that the epizoic lineages are indeed derived from within the main lineage of nonparasitic Dermaptera (i.e., the former suborder Forficulina ; e.g., Haas and Klass, 2003) and should consequently be demoted in rank. Inclusion of these paedomorphic, epizoic parasites also has implications for the monophyly and definition of the Dermaptera and its constituent groups, issues that deserve further investigation as phylogenetic studies are expanded.

In table 1, names presently considered synonymous are italicized under the valid name. All names are presented with their corrected authorship, date, and spelling of their combining stem (when the stem, not the suffix, has required correction, then the name is labeled as ‘‘ nomen correctum ’’, see above).