Dermapteridae is an extinct family of earwigs known from the Late Triassic to Mid Cretaceous, it is part of the extinct suborder Archidermaptera, alongside
Protodiplatyidae and Turanovia. It was first named as a subfamily by Vishniakova in 1980,[1] and elevated to family status by Engel in 2003 without discussion.[2][3]
^Vishniakova, V. N. 1980. Earwigs (Insecta, Forficulida) from the Upper Jurassic of the Karatau range. Paleontological Journal 14(1), 63–79.
^Engel, M. S. 2003. The earwigs of Kansas, with a key to genera north of Mexico (Insecta: Dermaptera). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 106(3/4), 115–23.