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- Title
New Primitive Fossil Earwig from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta: Dermaptera: Archidermaptera).
- Authors
ZHAO Jingxia; SHIH Chungkun; REN Dong; ZHAO Yunyun
- Abstract
A new genus and species Palaeodermapteron dicranum gen. et sp. nov. of the subfamily Dermapterinae and family Dermapteridae is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia in China. This article documents the earliest record of fossil earwig, extending the earwig existence to the Middle Jurassic. Detailed description and illustration of the specimen along with a brief review of the subfamily Dermapterinae are given. Evolutional trend of earwig morphology and its associated living environment are also discussed.
- Subjects
INNER Mongolia (China); CHINA; FOSSIL insects; EARWIGS; JURASSIC paleopedology
- Publication
Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 2011, Vol 85, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1000-9515
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00380.x