Insecta - Dermaptera - Pygidicranidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2004. A primitive earwig in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae). Journal of Paleontology 78:1018-1023

Parent taxon: Pygidicranidae according to M. S. Engel and F. Haas 2007

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: Astreptolabidinae, Cylindopygia, Echinosomatinae, Eminepygia, Gallinympha, Geosoma, Prodacnodinae, Pygidicraninae, Pyragrinae, Robustipygia, Semenoviolinae, Stonychopygiinae

Subtaxa: Burmapygia

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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