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Extinct family of earwigs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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[3][4] and have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.[4]
Protodiplatyidae Temporal range: | |
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Aneuroderma oiodes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Dermaptera |
Suborder: | †Archidermaptera |
Family: | †Protodiplatyidae Martynov, 1925 |
Genera[1][2] | |
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The family includes the following genera: