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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:
- Abrderma Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- Aneuroderma Xiong, Engel & Ren, 2021 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
- Archidermapteron Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)
- Asiodiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
- Barbderma Xing et al., 2016 - Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Longicerciata Zhang, 1994 - Laiyang Formation China, Aptian
- Microdiplatys Vishniakova, 1980 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
- Perissoderma Xing et al., 2016 - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
- Protodiplatys Martynov, 1925 - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
- Sinoprotodiplatys 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
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