Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Dermaptera - (Family) Forficulidae

Original position

Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Forficulidae (Family) Latreille, 1810
Forficulinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1810

Original entries

Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
Forficula minor Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Forficulinae (Subfamily) Latreille, 1810

Ref: 2003

Alternative positions

Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 686.
Dermaptera (Order) De Geer, 1773	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Forficulidae (Family) Latreille, 1810	Ref: 1998: 8 Jan 2009.

Historical positions

Forficulidae (Family) Latreille, 1810	Ref: 1998
Dermaptera (Order) De Geer, 1773	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 589. [rough position]
Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 538, 686.
Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 342, 423.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]