The transformation of the fore wings into strongly sclerotized protective covers (elytra) is
considered a fundamental evolutionary innovation of the megadiverse order Coleoptera …

Simple Summary In the era of phylogenomics, new molecular sequencing and
computational techniques can aid in resolving phylogenetic relationships that were …

Insects are one of the few groups of animals that developed the ability of active flight. Such
mobility allowed the group to successfully explore and thrive in nearly all kinds of ecological …

The Leptolycini are a group of Lycidae endemic to the West Indies. Leptolycini adult females
have been hypothesized to be extreme paedomorphic (ie, larviform), however, females and …

Paedomorphosis is a heterochronic syndrome in which adult individuals display features of
their immature forms. In beetles, this phenomenon occurs widely in the superfamily …

Abstract Phengodidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea), commonly known as glowworm beetles,
are a small family of bioluminescent and paedomorphic beetles. There are few phylogenetic …

 Abstract Rhagophthalmidae are a small beetle family known from the eastern Palaearctic
and Oriental realms. Rhagophthalmidae are closely related to railroad worms …

Beetles are the most species-rich animal radiation and are among the historically most
intensively studied insect groups. Consequently, the vast majority of their higher-level taxa …

Bioluminescent beetles of the superfamily Elateroidea (fireflies, fire beetles, glow-worms)
are the most speciose group of terrestrial light-producing animals. The evolution of …

We here report a new elateroid, Anoeuma lawrencei Li, Kundrata and Cai gen. et sp. nov.,
from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Though superficially similar to some soft-bodied …