Protodiplatyidae is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
family of
earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order (biology), order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders. Earwigs have characteristic cercus, cerci, a pair of forceps-like pincer (biology), pincers on ...
s. It is one of three families in the suborder
Archidermaptera, alongside
Dermapteridae and ''
Turanovia''. Species are known from
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
and
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronology, geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy, chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 143.1 ...
fossils
[Fabian Haas]
Archidermaptera
Tree of Life website[Fabian Haas]
Dermaptera: Earwigs
Tree of Life website and have unsegmented
cerci and
tarsi with four to five segments.
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Genera
The family includes the following genera:
* '' Abrderma'' - Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic ( Callovian)
* '' Aneuroderma'' - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
* '' Archidermapteron'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Late Jurassic ( Oxfordian)
* '' Asiodiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
* '' Barbderma'' - Yixian Formation
The Yixian Formation (; formerly Romanization of Chinese, transcribed as Yihsien Formation or Yixiang Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous. I ...
, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), S ...
)
* '' Longicerciata'' - Laiyang Formation China, Aptian
* '' Microdiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian
In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age (geology), age and stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 168.2 ±1.2 annum, Ma to around 165.3 ±1.1 Ma (million years ago). The Bathonian Age succeeds ...
)
* '' Perissoderma'' - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
* '' Protodiplatys'' - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
* '' Sinoprotodiplatys'' - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
References
External links
A drawing of the species ''Asiodiplatys speciousus''
A drawing of the species ''Dermapteron incerta''
A drawing of the species ''Archidermapteron martynovi''
Prehistoric insect families
Archidermaptera
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