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 …

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

The Triassic was a crucial period for the early evolution and diversification of insects,
including Coleoptera 1–3—the most diverse order of organisms on Earth. The study of …

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 …

The Coleoptera provides an excellent example of the value of fossils for understanding the
evolutionary patterns of recent lineages. We reevaluate the morphology of the Early …

The earliest fossils of winged insects (Pterygota) are mid-Carboniferous (latest
Mississippian, 328–324 Mya), but estimates of their age based on fossil-calibrated …

 Abstract Large carrion beetles (Silphidae) are the focus of ongoing behavioral ecology,
forensic, ecological, conservation, evolutionary, systematic, and other research, and were …

Beetles are arguably the most diverse group of animals on Earth with over 400 000
described species. Yet the timing of main diversification events among these insects …

Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution and are
essential for modeling the history of lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate the …

Abstract Staphylinoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) is one of the most species-rich groups in
animals, but its huge diversity can hardly be explained by the popular hypothesis (co …