Archidermaptera

{{Short description|Extinct suborder of earwigs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Norian|Aptian}}

| image = Aneuroderma oiodes dorsal (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Aneuroderma oiodes (Protodiplatyidae)

| image2 = Sinopalaeodermata concavum dorsal (cropped).jpg

| image2_caption = Sinopalaeodermata concavum (Dermapteridae)

| taxon = Archidermaptera

| authority = Bey-Bienko, 1936

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision = *†Protodiplatyidae

• †Dermapteridae
• †Turanovia

}}

Archidermaptera is an extinct suborder of earwigs in the order Dermaptera. It is one of two extinct suborders of earwigs, and contains two families (Protodiplatyidae and Dermapteridae) known only from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous fossils.Fabian Haas, [http://tolweb.org/Archidermaptera/10379 Archidermaptera], Tree of Life websiteFabian Haas, [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Dermaptera&contgroup=Neoptera Dermaptera: Earwigs], Tree of Life website The suborder is classified on the basis of general similarities. The Archidermaptera share with modern earwigs tegmenized forewings, though they lack the distinctive forceps-like cerci of modern earwigs, have external ovipositors, and possess ocelli.{{Cite journal|last=Engel|first=M. S.|year=2021|title=A new genus of Early Jurassic earwigs from England (Dermaptera)|journal=Novitates Paleoentomologicae|volume=22|issue=22 |pages=1–3|doi=10.17161/np.22.15759|doi-access=free}} The grouping has been suggested to be paraphyletic.{{Cite journal|last1=Zhao|first1=Jingxia|last2=Zhao|first2=Yunyun|last3=Shih|first3=Chungkun|last4=Ren|first4=Dong|last5=Wang|first5=Yongjie|date=December 2010|title=Transitional fossil earwigs - a missing link in Dermaptera evolution|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|language=en|volume=10|issue=1|pages=344|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-10-344|issn=1471-2148|pmc=2993717|pmid=21062504 |bibcode=2010BMCEE..10..344Z |doi-access=free }}