Forficulina is the largest of the four suborders of earwig

Earwig

Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera, found throughout the Americas, Africa, Eurasia, Australia and New Zealand. With 1,800 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders...

s, in the order Dermaptera. The other three are Archidermaptera

Archidermaptera

Archidermaptera is one of the four suborders of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. The other three are Arixeniina, Forficulina, and Hemimerina. It is the only extinct suborder of earwigs, and contains one family, with six genera and ten species, known only from Jurassic fossils. The suborder is...

, which is extinct, Arixeniina, and Hemimerina. They make up the largest and most familiar group. The cerci are unsegmented, and modified into large, forcep-like structures. Females have unhooked cerci, while males have hooked cerci.

There are a total of 9 families in this suborder. The most well known species is Forficula auricularia

Forficula auricularia

Forficula auricularia, the common earwig or European earwig, is an omnivorous insect in the family Forficulidae. The European earwig is a common household insect in North America. Though they frighten many, they are harmless but tend to take up habitation within the home...

, the European earwig, also known as the Common earwig, which is in the family Forficulidae

Forficulidae

Forficulidae is a family of earwigs, in the suborder Forficulina in the order Dermaptera.Species in this include Forficula auricularia and Apterygida media ....

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