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A primitive earwig in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Michael S. Engel  and
David A. Grimaldi
Michael S. Engel
Affiliation:
1Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1460 Jayhawk Boulevard, Snow Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045-7523
David A. Grimaldi
Affiliation:
2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York 10024-5192
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The earwigs comprise an order (Dermaptera) of polyneopterous insects allied to the Dictyoptera and Grylloblattodea (Giles, 1963; Hennig, 1969; Boudreaux, 1979). Dermaptera have at times in the past been allied with the Phasmida, Embiodea, and Plecoptera (e.g., Blacklith and Blacklith, 1968; Jamieson, 1987) but these relationships do not seem to be congruent with the overall body of data for Polyneoptera phylogeny and the monophyly of a Grylloblattodea + Dermaptera + Dictyoptera clade currently has perhaps more evidence than competing hypotheses (e.g., Carpenter and Wheeler, 1999; Wheeler et al., 2001). However, revised morphological and paleontological evidence may suggest that Dermaptera are basal within Anartioptera—a clade consisting of Plecopterida, Orthopterida, Grylloblattodea, and Mantophasmatodea, as well as the earwigs (e.g., Engel and Grimaldi, 2004). The earwigs are certainly autapomorphic, like many polyneopterous insects, and their definitive placement remains elusive.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 78 , Issue 5 , September 2004 , pp. 1018 - 1023
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