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
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typica ...
" They are considered to be more closely related to
Neodermaptera than the more basal
Archidermaptera
Archidermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. It is one of two extinct suborders of earwigs, and contains two families ( Protodiplatyidae and Dermapteridae) known only from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous fossils.F ...
.
Systematics
* Family Bellodermatidae Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010
** †''
Belloderma'' Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010
Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (
Callovian)
* †''
Archaeosoma'' Zhang 1994
Laiyang Formation, 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 ...
)
* Superfamily Semenovioloidea Vishnyakova 1980
** Family
Turanodermatidae
Turanodermatidae is an extinct family of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. There is one genus, '' Turanoderma'', in Turanodermatidae.
References
Earwigs
Prehistoric insect families
Taxa named by Michael S. Engel
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Engel 2003
*** †''
Turanoderma'' Vishnyakova 1980
Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/
Oxfordian)
** Family Semenoviolidae Vishnyakova 1980
*** †''
Semenovioloides'' Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
***†''
Aglyptoderma'' Xiong et al, 2021 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian
References
Earwigs
Insect suborders
Prehistoric insect taxa
Taxa named by Michael S. Engel
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