Protodiplatys

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

Protodiplatys is an extinct genus of earwigs, in the family Protodiplatyidae, the suborder Archidermaptera, and the order Dermaptera. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus †Protodiplatys Martynov, 1925: Dermaptera Species File".
  2. ↑ "Archidermaptera".