Protodermaptera

Astreptolabis ethirosomatia (holotype)

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Ordo: Dermaptera
Subordo: Neodermaptera
Infraordo: Protodermaptera
Superfamiliae: Karschielloidea – Pygidicranoidea

Overview of familiae

Diplatyidae – Haplodiplatyidae – Karschiellidae – Pygidicranidae

Name

Protodermaptera Zacher, 1910

References

Additional references

• Engel, M.S. 2003. The earwigs of Kansas, with a key to genera north of Mexico (Insecta: Dermaptera). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 106(3): 115–123. DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0115:TEOKWA]2.0.CO;2 . JSTOR .
• Engel, M.S. & Haas, F. 2007. Family-Group Names for Earwigs (Dermaptera). American Museum Novitates 3567: 1–20. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)539[1:FNFED]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5858 . BHL. Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Thomas, J.C. & Cai, C. 2017 (print) [2016 (online)]. A new genus and species of pygidicranid earwigs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Asia (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae). Cretaceous Research 69: 178-183. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.009 . Reference page.