genus
† Amblypygia Engel, 2016
Type
type species by original monotypy of
Nomenclature (1)
- † Amblypygia Engel, 2016: 130. (fossil)
type species by original monotypy † Forficula baltica Burr, 1911
Nomenclature references (1)
- Engel, M.S. (2016) The earwig genus Paralabella Steinmann in amber from the Dominican Republic, with remarks on the classification of Burr's Eocene Dermaptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152(2), 121–130.
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The generic name is a combination of the Greek amblys, meaning blunt, and pyge, meaning rump, and is a reference to the short, truncate pygydium.