Eodermaptera

Eodermaptera; Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Belloderma arcuata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	†Eodermaptera; Engel, 2003
Families
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Eodermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs known from the Middle Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous. Defining characteristics include "tarsi three-segmented, tegmina retain venation, 8th and 9th abdominal tergite in females are narrowed, but separate from 10th tergite and not covered by 7th tergite and exposed ovipositor"^[1] They are considered to be more closely related to Neodermaptera than the more basal Archidermaptera.^[2]

Systematics[edit]

Family Bellodermatidae Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010
- †Belloderma Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
†Archaeosoma Zhang 1994 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Superfamily Semenovioloidea Vishnyakova 1980
- Family Turanodermatidae Engel 2003
  - †Turanoderma Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
- Family Semenoviolidae Vishnyakova 1980
  - †Semenovioloides Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
  - †Aglyptoderma Xiong et al, 2021 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian^[3]

References[edit]

^ Zhao J, Zhao Y, Shih C, Ren D, Wang Y (November 2010). "Transitional fossil earwigs--a missing link in Dermaptera evolution". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 344. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-344. PMC 2993717. PMID 21062504.
^ Engel MS, Peris D, Chatzimanolis S, Delclòs X (2015-05-30). "An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 46 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1163/1876312X-45032121. ISSN 1399-560X.
^ Xiong, Shurong; Engel, Michael S.; Xiao, Lifang; Ren, Dong (2021-09-26). "New eodermapteran earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 45 (3): 335–343. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1965215. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 244103979.

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[1] Zhao J, Zhao Y, Shih C, Ren D, Wang Y (November 2010). "Transitional fossil earwigs--a missing link in Dermaptera evolution". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 344. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-344. PMC 2993717. PMID 21062504.

[2] Engel MS, Peris D, Chatzimanolis S, Delclòs X (2015-05-30). "An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 46 (3): 291–300. doi:10.1163/1876312X-45032121. ISSN 1399-560X.

[3] Xiong, Shurong; Engel, Michael S.; Xiao, Lifang; Ren, Dong (2021-09-26). "New eodermapteran earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 45 (3): 335–343. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1965215. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 244103979.

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