Eodermaptera

Eodermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs known from the Middle Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous. Defining characteristics include "tarsi three-segmented, tegmina retain venation, 8th and 9th abdominal tergite in females are narrowed, but separate from 10th tergite and not covered by 7th tergite and exposed ovipositor"[1] They are considered to be more closely related to Neodermaptera than the more basal Archidermaptera.[2]

Eodermaptera
Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Eodermaptera
Engel, 2003
Families

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Systematics

  • Family Bellodermatidae Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010
  • Archaeosoma Zhang 1994 Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian
  • Superfamily Semenovioloidea Vishnyakova 1980
    • Family Turanodermatidae Engel 2003
    • Family Semenoviolidae Vishnyakova 1980
      • Semenovioloides Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian

References

  1. Zhao J, Zhao Y, Shih C, Ren D, Wang Y (November 2010). "Transitional fossil earwigs--a missing link in Dermaptera evolution". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 344. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-344. PMC 2993717. PMID 21062504.
  2. Engel MS, Peris D, Chatzimanolis S, Delclòs X (2015-05-30). "An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 46 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1163/1876312X-45032121. ISSN 1399-560X.
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