Protodiplatyidae

Extinct family of earwigs

Protodiplatyidae
Temporal range: Bajocian–Aptian
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Aneuroderma oiodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Archidermaptera
Family: Protodiplatyidae
Martynov, 1925
Genera[1][2]

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Protodiplatyidae is an extinct family of earwigs. It is one of three families in the suborder Archidermaptera, alongside Dermapteridae and Turanovia. Species are known from Jurassic and Early Cretaceous fossils[3][4] and have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.[4]

Genera

The family includes the following genera:

  • Abrderma Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
  • Aneuroderma Xiong, Engel & Ren, 2021 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
  • Archidermapteron Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
  • Asiodiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • Barbderma Xing et al., 2016 - Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
  • Longicerciata Zhang, 1994 - Laiyang Formation China, Aptian
  • Microdiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
  • Perissoderma Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
  • Protodiplatys Martynov, 1925 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
  • Sinoprotodiplatys Nel et al., 2012 - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian

References

  1. ^ "Protodiplatyidae - Wikispecies".
  2. ^ "Family †Protodiplatyidae Martynov, 1925: Dermaptera Species File".
  3. ^ Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
  4. ^ a b Fabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website

External links

  • A drawing of the species Asiodiplatys speciousus
  • A drawing of the species Dermapteron incerta
  • A drawing of the species Archidermapteron martynovi
Taxon identifiers
Protodiplatyidae


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