Protodiplatys fortis Martynov 1925 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Protodiplatyidae

Full reference: A. V. Martynov. 1925. To the knowledge of fossil insects from Jurassic beds in Turkestan. 2. Raphidioptera (continued), Orthoptera (s. l. ), Odonata, Neuroptera. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk 19(12-15):569-598

Belongs to Protodiplatys according to C. Y. Xing et al. 2016

See also Martynov 1925 and Vishnyakova 1980

Sister taxa: Protodiplatys gracilis, Protodiplatys mongoliensis

Type specimen: PIN 1775/5, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Galkino (PIN collection 2452), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Kazakhstan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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