Meropeidae is a family of tiny scorpionflies within the order Mecoptera with only three known living species, commonly referred to as "earwigflies" (or sometimes "forcepflies"), based on the earwig-like forceps-shaped male genitalia.

The earliest known member is Boreomerope antiqua[4] known from an isolated wing found in the Middle Jurassic Itat Formation of Siberia.

These insects are also of interest due to their presumed basal position in the order Mecoptera.

[8] The closest relatives of the family are thought to be Eomeropidae, another relictual family of mecopterans with only 1 living species whose fossil record also extends back to the Jurassic.

The spelling of Meropeidae was adopted for the insect family by the ICZN in Opinion 140 of 1943.