Phanerogramma dunstani Kelly et al. 2018 (earwig)

Insecta - Dermaptera - Dermapteridae

Full reference: R. S. Kelly, A. J. Ross, and E. A. Jarzembowski. 2018. Earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Mesozoic of England and Australia, described from isolated tegmina, including the first species to be named from the Triassic. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:129-143

Belongs to Phanerogramma according to R. S. Kelly et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Phanerogramma australis, Phanerogramma gouldsbroughi, Phanerogramma heeri, Phanerogramma kellyi

Type specimen: NHMUK In.35041, a tegmen. Its type locality is Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan NHMUK collection), which is in a Norian pond siltstone in the Blackstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Denmark Hill Insect Bed (Dunstan NHMUK collection)

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