Dermaptera (earwigs) are an order of common insects often found under stones and is characterized by a pair of forcep-like pincers on their dark abdominal ends.

Some of the terms used in insect bionomics might have been included without greatly adding to the bulk of the work; ... but there is no mention of Dermaptera, Odonata, Homoptera, ...

Structure of Hemimerus deceptus Rehn, var. ovatus, and the Classification of Dermaptera P. J. DEORAS 1 Nature volume 146 , page 201 ( 1940 ) Cite this article ...