When a key innovation becomes redundant: Patterns, drivers and consequences of elytral reduction in Coleoptera

J Goczał, RG Beutel, ML Gimmel… - Systematic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The transformation of the fore wings into strongly sclerotized protective covers (elytra) is
considered a fundamental evolutionary innovation of the megadiverse order Coleoptera …

[HTML][HTML]  On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)

P Bouchard, Y Bousquet, AE Davies, C Cai - ZooKeys, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and
ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group …

Trapezioceps longelytrum, a new genus and species of soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar

J Qu, EA Jarzembowski, C Xiao, C Luo - Cretaceous Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A new genus and species of the beetle family Cantharidae, Trapezioceps longelytrum gen.
et sp. nov., is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. The new …

A new taxon of the soldier beetles' genus† Poinarelektronmiles from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

A BRAMANTI, F FANTI - Fragmenta entomologica, 2022 - rosa.uniroma1.it
Poinarelektronmiles cuaroni sp. n., a new fossil species of soldier beetles from the
Cretaceous Burmese amber is diagnosed and illustrated, in this document. It is …

Four new species of Burmomiles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Y Yang, W Zhao, H Liu - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Here we describe four new fossil species of soldier beetles, Burmomiles brevicollis sp. nov.,
B. angustipennis sp. nov., B. recticollis sp. nov., B. dentatus sp. nov., which are collected …

[PDF][PDF] Atlas of the Insects of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Coleoptera, Cantharidae

F Vitali, F Fanti - 2024 - researchgate.net
Knowledge of the zoocoenosis is fundamental for environmental protection and forest
health; therefore, it is of vital importance for agricultural production, as well as public health …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomic notes and new species of Burmomiles and Sanaungulus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from northern Myanmar during the late Mesozoic

Y Yang, W Zhao, H Liu - Contributions to Zoology, 2024 - brill.com
In this study, Poinarelektronmiles is considered as a junior synonym of Burmomiles, since no
generic diagnostic differences can be found in their type species except for the elytral length …