Protodiplatyidae
Protodiplatyidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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:
- Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
- Xiong, Engel & Ren, 2021 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
- Archidermapteron Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- Asiodiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- Xing et al., 2016 - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- Zhang, 1994 - China, Aptian
- Microdiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Bajocian
- Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
- Protodiplatys Martynov, 1925 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Mongolia, Aptian
- Nel et al., 2012 - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
References[]
- ^ "Protodiplatyidae - Wikispecies".
- ^ "Family †Protodiplatyidae Martynov, 1925: Dermaptera Species File".
- ^ Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Prehistoric insect families
- Archidermaptera
- Earwig stubs