Cretolabia cearae Popham 1990 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Anisolabididae

Synonym: Araripelabia costae Martins-Neto 1990

Full reference: E. J. Popham. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 4: Dermaptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:69-75

Belongs to Cretolabia according to E. J. Popham 1990

See also Engel and Chatzimanolis 2005 and Martins-Neto 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Cretolabia cearae: AMNH 43798, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
  • Araripelabia costae: CV-857, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (Vulcano collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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