Forficulites
Extinct genus of earwigs
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Forficulites is an extinct genus of earwigs within the family Forficulidae containing a single species, Forficulites rottensis, that lived during the Oligocene epoch.[1] It was described by Georg Statz in 1939, from the Rott Formation in Germany.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Forficulidae |
| Genus: | †Forficulites Statz, 1939 |
| Species: | †F. rottensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Forficulites rottensis Statz, 1939 | |