title: Mesodiplatys venado sp. nov. (Dermaptera: Diplatyidae), probable evidence of contact between Neotropical and Malagasy faunas.
abstract: A new earwig of the Malagasy genus Mesodiplatys stat. nov., M. venado sp. nov. (Dermaptera: Diplatyidae) is described from Peru (Departament Junin, Satipo Province). The diagnosis and composition of the genus Mesodiplatys stat. nov. are discussed. A detailed morphological description of the new species is given. The possible biogeographical significance of the find as evidence of link between South American and Malagasy fauna is briefly considered.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.; Email: leonid.dictyoptera@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Leonid N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Anisyutkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru