L'orde Dermaptera ye relativamente pequeñu en comparanza colos otros ordes de [[Insecta]], con namái 2.000 especies, 3 subordes y 15 families, incluyíos los subordes extintosestinguíos Archidermaptera y Eodermaptera coles sos families extintasestinguíes. La filoxenia de los dermápteros inda s'alderica. El suborde Dermaptera esistente (Neodermaptera) paez ser monofilético y nun hai sofitu pa la monofilia de les families Forficulidae, Chelisochidae, Labiduridae y Anisolabididae.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.earwigs-online.de/privat_FH/KJ_FH_MW_2005.pdf|title=A phylogeny of earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera) based on molecular and morphological evidence: reconsidering the classification of Dermaptera|author1=Jarvis, KJ|author2=F Haas|author3=MF Whiting|journal=Systematic Entomology|year=2004|volume=30|pages=1–12|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00276.x|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718233218/http://www.earwigs-online.de/privat_FH/KJ_FH_MW_2005.pdf|archivedate=18 de xunetu de 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> La siguiente filoxenia ye de Engel & Haas (2007):
[[Archivu:File-DermapteraEvolES.svg|thumb|600px|center|Ilustración de la filoxenia de "Dermaptera", basada en Grimaldi & Engel, 2004]]
