Protodiplatyidae Explained

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^{[1] [2]} and have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.^[2]

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, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Longicerciata - Laiyang Formation China, Aptian
• Microdiplatys - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Itat Formation, Russia, Middle Jurassic (Bathonian)
• Perissoderma - Haifanggou Formation, China, Callovian
• Protodiplatys - Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian, Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
• Sinoprotodiplatys - Yixian Formation, China, Aptian

External links

• A drawing of the species Asiodiplatys speciousus
• A drawing of the species Dermapteron incerta
• A drawing of the species Archidermapteron martynovi

Notes and References

1. Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
2. Fabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website