Archidermaptera Explained

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.[1] [2] The suborder is classified on the basis of general similarities.[1] The Archidermaptera share with modern earwigs tegmenized forewings, though they lack the distinctive forceps-like cerci of modern earwigs, have external ovipositors, and possess ocelli.[3] The grouping has been suggested to be paraphyletic.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
  2. Fabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website
  3. Engel. M. S.. 2021. A new genus of Early Jurassic earwigs from England (Dermaptera). Novitates Paleoentomologicae. 22. 22 . 1–3. 10.17161/np.22.15759. free.
  4. Zhao. Jingxia. Zhao. Yunyun. Shih. Chungkun. Ren. Dong. Wang. Yongjie. December 2010. Transitional fossil earwigs - a missing link in Dermaptera evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology. en. 10. 1. 344. 10.1186/1471-2148-10-344. 1471-2148. 2993717. 21062504 . 2010BMCEE..10..344Z . free .

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