†Longicerciata rumpens Zhang 1994 (earwig)
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Insecta - Dermaptera - Protodiplatyidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1994. Discovery of primitive fossil earwigs (Insecta) from Late Jurassic of Laiyang, Shandong and its significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33:229-245
Belongs to Longicerciata according to C. Y. Xing et al. 2016
See also Zhang 1994
Sister taxon: Longicerciata mesozoica
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L89202, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)
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