Astreptolabis

Astreptolabis is an extinct genus of earwig in the Dermaptera family Pygidicranidae

Astreptolabis
known from a Cretaceous fossil found in Burma. The genus contains a single
described species, Astreptolabis ethirosomatia and is the sole member of the Temporal range: Albian
subfamily Astreptolabidinae.[1] Pre OS D C P T J K Pg N

History and classification

Astreptolabis is known only from a single fossil, the holotype, specimen number
AMNH Bu-FB20, which is housed in the Amber Fossil Collection of the American
Museum of Natural Historyin New York City. The specimen is composed of a fully
complete adult female earwig which has been preserved as an inclusion in a
transparent chunk of Burmese amber.[1] The age of the amber deposits in Kachin
State of northernmost Burma are understood to be at least 100 million years old,
placing them in the Albian age of the Cretaceous.[2] The Astreptolabis holotype was
recovered from outcrops near the city of Myitkyina in Kachin State and was first
studied by paleoentomologistMichael S. Engel of the Division of Entomology at the
University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.[1] Engel's 2011 type description of the
new species was published in the online journal ZooKeys.[1] The genus name Scientific classification
Astreptolabis was coined by Engel as a combination of Greek words astreptos,
Kingdom: Animalia
which means "not curved" and labis, which means "forceps". This is in reference to
the distinct structuring of the type specimens cerci or "pincers". The specific epithet Clade: Euarthropoda
ethirosomatia is from the Greek words etheira and somation, which translate as Class: Insecta
"hairy" and "body" respectively. The subfamily name Astreptolabidinae is derived
from the genus name with the suffix -inae added.[1]
Order: Dermaptera
Family: Pygidicranidae
Astreptolabis is one of six described earwig species found in Burmese amber. One
other species Tytthodiplatys mecynocercus was described by Engel in the same 2011 Genus: Astreptolabis
paper, while Burmapygia resinata was described by Engel and David Grimaldi in Species: A. ethirosomatia
2004, with a fourth species Myrrholabia electrina first described by Theodore
Binomial name
Cockerell in 1920.[1] An additional fifth and sixth species Zigrasolabis speciosa and
.[3]
Toxolabis zigrasi were described by Engel and Grimaldi in 2014 paper Astreptolabis ethirosomatia
Engel, 2011
Description
The holotype specimen of Astreptolabis is a complete adult female with an overall coloration that appears to be mat brown to dark
brown. The female is approximately 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) in length when the cerci are included. The body is overall densely
covered in setae that are not thickened enough to be chaetulose. The antennae have a stout scape and are at least fourteen
flagellomeres long. As is typical with earwigs, the forewings have been modified intotegma. The tegma cover the four first segments
of the abdomen and the abdomen comprises eight visible segments, also typical for female earwigs. The hind wings are present, but
due to positioning of the tegma, are mostly obscured. The slender cerci are tubular and straight, tapering along the length to sharp
points at the ends.[1]

References
 1. Engel, M.S. (2011). "New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera)" (https://w
ww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260755). ZooKeys. 130: 137152. PMC 3260755 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g
ov/pmc/articles/PMC3260755) . PMID 22259272 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259272).
doi:10.3897/zookeys.130.1293(https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fzookeys.130.1293).
2. Poinar Jr, G.; Huber, J.T. (2011). "A new genus of fossil Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from Cretaceous amber and key
to Cretaceous mymarid genera"(http://www.pensoft.net/inc/journals/download.php?fileId=2891&fileTable=J_GALLE
YS). ZooKeys. 130: 461472. PMC 3260775 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260775) .
PMID 22259293 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22259293). doi:10.3897/zookeys.130.1241(https://doi.org/1
0.3897%2Fzookeys.130.1241).
3. Engel, MS; Grimaldi, D (2014). "New mid-Cretaceous earwigs in amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera)".
Novitates
Paleoentomologicae. 6: 116.

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