Protodiplatys

Protodiplatys is an extinct genus of earwigs, in the family Protodiplatyidae, the suborder Archidermaptera, and the order Dermaptera.[1] It is known from three species, P. fortis and P. gracilis, which are known from the Middle-Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan, and P. mongoliensis from the Aptian aged Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Protodiplatys
Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Family: †Protodiplatyidae
Genus: †Protodiplatys
Martynov, 1925
Species[1][2]
  • †Protodiplatys fortis Martynov, 1925
  • †Protodiplatys gracilis Vishnyakova, 1980
  • †Protodiplatys mongoliensis Vishnyakova, 1986

References
  1. http://dermaptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=2870
  2. http://www.tolweb.org/Archidermaptera/10379


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