Recent progress in beetle palaeontology has incited us to re‐address the evolutionary
history of the group. The Permian† Tshekardocoleidae had elytra that covered the posterior …

Recently, McKenna et al., 2015 (MCK15 hereafter) investigated the higher level
phylogenetic relationships of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) using the most comprehensive …

Abstract The Khasurty locality (Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia) is one of the
largest fossil insect sites in the region. Over the entire period of study, more than 6000 insect …

Abstract The Coburg Sandstone member of the Hassberge Formation, Middle Keuper,
Carnian, Upper Triassic, in the Germanic Basin of Central Europe contains spinicaudatan …

The evolution of the coleopteran suborder Adephaga is discussed based on a robust
phylogenetic background. Analyses of morphological characters yield results nearly …

Paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles are reviewed. A total of 37 beetle
families are regarded as aquatic; five of them are extinct; three other extinct families could …

A new genus and species of Carabidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga), Cretomigadops bidentatus
gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous …

Omophroninae is a distinctive monogeneric group of Carabidae, presumably placed
relatively close to the root of the megadiverse adephagan family. In the present study we …

Abstract Background Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988 is an enigmatic beetle family
represented by a single species, Rhinorhipus tamborinensis Lawrence, 1988, from …

The first ground beetle, Antephilorhizus pripiatiensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from late
Eocene Rovno amber. The new genus Antephilorhizus is placed within the subtribe …