Forficulidae

Forficulidae
Forficula auricularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	Forficulina
Family:	Forficulidae Stephens, 1829
Genera
Subfamily Allodahliinae Eulithinus Subfamily Anechurinae Anechura Subfamily Chelidurinae Chelidura Mesochelidura Pseudochelidura Subfamily Forficulinae Apterygida Forficula Incertae sedis Allodahlia Anechura Apanechura Chelidura Chelidureli Chelidurella Doru Eparchus Eulithinus Guanchia Mesochelidura Oreasiobia Perirrhytus Pseudochelidura Timomenus

Forficulidae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina in the order Dermaptera.

Species in this include Forficula auricularia (the European earwig or common earwig) and Apterygida media (the short-winged earwig or hop-garden earwig).

External links

• Media related to Forficulidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Forficulidae at Wikispecies