Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder †Archidermaptera | Phylum Arthropoda Order Dermaptera Rank Family | |
Similar Earwig, Arixeniidae, Hemimeridae, Diplatyidae, Chelisochidae | ||
Protodiplatyidae is an extinct family of earwigs. It is the only family in the suborder Archidermaptera. Species are known only from Jurassic fossils and have unsegmented cerci and tarsi with four to five segments.
Genera
The family includes the following genera:
References
Protodiplatyidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA