-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Earwigs Order Dermaptera

-Extant Earwigs (Suborder Neodermaptera)

-Epidermapteran Earwigs( Infraorder Epidermaptera)

-Parvorder Eteodermaptera

-Superfamily Forficuloidea

-Common Earwigs (Family Forficulidae)

-Subfamily Forficulinae

-Genus Doru

-Lined Earwig (Doru taeniatum)

Doru taeniatum (Lined Earwig) is a species of earwigs in the family common earwigs. These pincers are used to capture prey, defend themselves and fold their wings under the short tegmina. Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and often hide in small, moist crevices during the day, and are active at night, feeding on a wide variety of insects and plants.