Protodiplatys mongoliensis Vishnyakova 1986 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Protodiplatyidae

Full reference: V. N. Vishnyakova. 1986. Earwigs. Forficulida (=Dermaptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:171

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

See also Vishnyakova 1986

Sister taxa: Protodiplatys fortis, Protodiplatys gracilis

Type specimen: PIN 3149/1660, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)

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