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Dermaptera

Dermaptera

Translingual

Proper noun

Dermaptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – the earwigs.

Hyponyms

  • (order): Arixenina, Catadermaptera, Hemimerina, Forficulina (suborders)
    • †Archidermaptera, †Protelytroptera (extinct suborders)
    • †Bellodermatidae, †Umenocoleidae (extinct families, incertae sedis)
    • Atopderma (extinct genus, incertae sedis)