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: Bajocian–Aptian
Aneuroderma oiodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Dermaptera
Suborder: Archidermaptera
Family: Protodiplatyidae
Martynov, 1925
Genera[1][2]

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Genera

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The family includes the following genera:

References

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  1. ^ "Protodiplatyidae - Wikispecies".
  2. ^ "Family †Protodiplatyidae Martynov, 1925: Dermaptera Species File".
  3. ^ Fabian Haas, Archidermaptera, Tree of Life website
  4. ^ a b Fabian Haas, Dermaptera: Earwigs, Tree of Life website
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