Paleocarcinophora lithophila Scudder 1876

Insecta - Dermaptera - Anisolabididae

Alternative combinations: Labidura lithophila, Labiduromma lithophila, Labiduromma lithophilum

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Brief synopsis of North America earwigs, with an appendix on the fossil species. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2:249-260

Belongs to Paleocarcinophora according to M. S. Engel and S. Chatzimanolis 2010

See also Handlirsch 1907, Scudder 1876 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 424, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (A.E. Foote collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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