Beetles constitute the most biodiverse animal order with over 380 000 described species
and possibly several million more yet unnamed. Recent phylogenomic studies have arrived …

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 …

In the world of insects, beetles rule. Evolutionary and palaeoecological interpretations using
fossil beetles from Cretaceous ambers have become increasingly frequent in recent years …

The rapid Cretaceous diversification of flowering plants remains Darwin's 'abominable
mystery'despite numerous fossil flowers discovered in recent years. Wildfires were frequent …

The hind wings of all known families and most subfamilies of Coleoptera are illustrated,
annotated and discussed utilising the terminology of Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence, with a …

Four fossil ticks (Arachnida: Parasitiformes: Ixodida) are described from mid-Cretaceous (ca.
100 Ma) Burmese amber of Myanmar. Ixodes antiquorum sp. nov.(Ixodidae) is the first …

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

Despite the crucial importance of flower-visiting insects in modern ecosystems, there is little
fossil evidence on the origins of angiosperm pollination. Most reports of pollination in the …

Three examples of metastriate hard ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with apparent affinities to
modern Australasian genera are described from the mid-Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma) Burmese …

Grylloidea (crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) are relatively
ancient lineages within Orthoptera but their fossil records are not very rich. They are …