Open AccessThe mutual affinities of the major earwig taxa(Insecta, Dermaptera)
Author(s) -
Popham E. J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1439-0469
pISSN - 0947-5745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1985.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - affinities , biology , sister group , taxon , sensu stricto , zoology , evolutionary biology , sensu , ecology , genetics , phylogenetics , genus , clade , biochemistry , gene
G iles ' (1974) claims that the Hemimerina have closer affinities with the Forficulina‐Arixenüna complex than with any other orthopteroid order is confirmed by detailed studies of his own data. The Arixenüna are shown to have close affinities with the Labüdae within the Forficulina. The Forficulina and the Hemimerina have more distant affinities than most previous authors have suggested. The Forficulina is composed of two sister groups, which are each given infra‐ordinal status, namely the Pygidicranidea for the pygidicranid earwigs and the Forficulidea for the rest. The Forficulidea is seen to be composed of two mutual sister groups at super‐family level, namely the Labioidea for the Carcinophoridae, Labüdae and the Arixenüdae and the Forficuloidea for the Labiduridae (sensu stricto), the Chelisochidae and the Forficulidae. Within the Labioidea, the Labüdae and the Arixenüdae are seen as possible sister groups. The classification of the lower taxonomic levels along Hennigian lines is a matter for further investigation.