Archidermaptera

Archidermaptera is an extinct suborders of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. It is one of two extinct suborders of earwigs, and contains two families known only from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous fossils.[1][2] The suborder is classified on the basis of general similarities.[1] The Archidermaptera have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.[2]

Archidermaptera
Temporal range: Norian–Aptian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Archidermaptera
Bey-Bienko, 1936 [1]
Families

References

  1. Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
  2. Fabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website
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