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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 5: October 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.7
Page range: 638–644
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Apachyus madseni (Dermaptera: Apachyidae) sp. nov. from the Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark: the first fossil record of the enigmatic earwig family Apachyidae

Department of Research and Collections, Natural History Museum Aarhus, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 10, Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Fur Museum, Nederby 28, DK-7884 Fur, Denmark
Department of Research and Collections, Natural History Museum Aarhus, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 10, Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Museum Mors, Skarrehagevej 8, DK-7950 Nykøbing Mors, Denmark; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Dermaptera Apachyidae Neodermaptera Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum paratropical range expansion

Abstract

We describe Apachyus madseni sp. nov. based on an almost complete fossil from the Fur Formation in northwestern Denmark. The fossil is the second Dermaptera species described from the early Ypresian Fur Formation and the first fossil representative of the enigmatic family Apachyidae. Today, Apachyidae are restricted to Central Africa, and the Orient from southern India to the Philippines and northern Australia. The new fossil thus represents not only a new addition to the fossil mo-clay fauna, but also a considerable expansion of the historical biogeographical ranges of Apachyidae.

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