Eodermaptera

Eodermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs known from the Middle Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous. Defining characteristics include "tarsi three-segmented, tegmina retain venation, 8th and 9th abdominal tergite in females are narrowed, but separate from 10th tergite and not covered by 7th tergite and exposed ovipositor"^[1] They are considered to be more closely related to Neodermaptera than the more basal Archidermaptera.^[2]

Eodermaptera Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Belloderma arcuata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Dermaptera
Suborder:	†Eodermaptera Engel, 2003
Families
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Systematics

• Family Bellodermatidae Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010
  • †Belloderma Zhao, Shih & Ren, 2010 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• †Archaeosoma Zhang 1994 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Superfamily Semenovioloidea Vishnyakova 1980
  • Family Turanodermatidae Engel 2003
    • †Turanoderma Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
  • Family Semenoviolidae Vishnyakova 1980
    • †Semenovioloides Vishnyakova 1980 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian/Oxfordian
    • †Aglyptoderma Xiong et al, 2021 Jiulongshan Formation, China, Callovian^[3]