Protodiplatyidae
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]
| Protodiplatyidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Suborder: | †Archidermaptera |
| Family: | †Protodiplatyidae Martynov 1925 |
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Genera
The family includes the following genera:
- †Abrderma Daohugou, China, Callovian
- †Archidermapteron Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- †Asiodiplatys Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- †Barbderma Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- †Longicerciata Laiyang Formation China, Aptian
- †Microdiplatys Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Bajocian
- †Perissoderma Daohugou, China, Callovian
- †Protodiplatys Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- †Sinoprotodiplatys Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
References
- http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Protodiplatyidae
- http://dermaptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=2866
- Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
- 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
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