Tytthodiplatys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Dermaptera |
| Family: | Diplatyidae |
| Genus: | †Tytthodiplatys |
| Species: | †T. mecynocercus
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| †Tytthodiplatys mecynocercus Engel, 2011
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Tytthodiplatys is an
extinct genus of earwig in the family Diplatyidae known from a Cretaceous fossil found in Myanmar. The genus contains a single described species, Tytthodiplatys mecynocercus.[1]
History and classification
Tytthodiplatys is known only from a single fossil, the
Theodore Cockerell in 1920.[1] At the time of description, Tytthodiplatys was the oldest confirmed member of the family Diplatyidae.[1]
Description
The holotype specimen of Tytthodiplatys is a first
cercomeres.[1]