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 fossilsFabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life websiteFabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website and have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.
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
References
External links A drawing of the species Asiodiplatys speciousus A drawing of the species Dermapteron incerta A drawing of the species Archidermapteron martynovi