Caririlabia santanensis Carle and Wighton 1990 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera

Alternative combinations: Cordulagomphus santanensis, Lapsoderma santanensis

Synonym: Caririlabia brandaoi Martins-Neto 1990

Full reference: F. L. Carle and D. C. Wighton. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 3: Odonata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:51-68

Belongs to Caririlabia according to M. S. Engel and S. Chatzimanolis 2005

See also Bechly 1998, Carle and Wighton 1990, Martins-Neto 1990, Martins-Neto 2001 and Nel and Paicheler 1994

Sister taxon: Caririlabia berghoffi

Type specimens:

  • Caririlabia santanensis: AMNH 43258, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
  • Caririlabia brandaoi: CV-5100, 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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