†Haplodiplatys crightoni Ross and Engel 2013 (earwig)
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Insecta - Dermaptera - Haplodiplatyidae
Full reference: A. J. Ross and M. S. Engel. 2013. The first diplatyid earwig in Tertiary amber (Dermaptera: Diplatyidae): a new species from Miocene Mexican amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 44:157-166
Belongs to Haplodiplatys according to A. J. Ross and M. S. Engel 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMS G.2011.31.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (National Museum of Scotland coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (National Museum of Scotland coll)
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