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Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)
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This second Coleoptera volume covers the remaining polyphagan taxa and recently described groups not included in the first volume, with information on world distribution, biology, morphology of all life stages, phylogeny and comments on taxonomy.Abstract:
This book is the second offour volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series which treat the systematics and biology of Coleoptera. With approximately 350,000 described species, Coleoptera are by far the most species-rich order of insects and the largest group of animals of comparable geological age. The beetle volumes will meet the demand of modern biologists seeking to answer questions about Coleoptera phylogeny, evolution, and ecology. This second Coleoptera volume covers the remaining polyphagan taxa (apart from Phytophaga) and recently described groups not included in the first volume (covering the suborders Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga, and the basal series of Polyphaga), with information on world distribution, biology, morphology of all life stages (including anatomy), phylogeny and comments on taxonomy.read more
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Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Patrice Bouchard,Yves Bousquet,Anthony Davies,Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga,John F. Lawrence,Christopher H. C. Lyal,Alfred F. Newton,Christopher A. Reid,Michael Schmitt,S. Adam Slipinski,Andrew B. T. Smith +10 more
TL;DR: A catalogue of 4887 family-group names based on 4707 distinct genera in Coleoptera is given, which recognizes as valid 24 superfamilies, 211 families, 541 subfamilies, 1663 tribes and 740 subtribes.
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The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia)
TL;DR: Molecular phylogeny of Elateroidea confirmed the multiple origins of soft-bodied, neotenic and light emiting lineages and rejected the relationships of hard-bodied Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae and Cerophytidae, formerly supposed to be a monophylum.
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parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages.
Enrique Peñalver,Antonio Arillo,Xavier Delclòs,David Peris,David A. Grimaldi,Scott R. Anderson,Paul C. Nascimbene,Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente +7 more
TL;DR: Direct and indirect evidence in 99 million-year-old Cretaceous amber is reported showing that hard ticks and ticks of the extinct new family Deinocrotonidae fed on blood from feathered dinosaurs, non-avialan or avialan excluding crown-group birds.
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The discovery of Iberobaeniidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea): a new family of beetles from Spain, with immatures detected by environmental DNA sequencing.
TL;DR: Molecular dating shows that Iberobaeniidae represents an ancient relict lineage originating in the Lower Jurassic, which possibly indicates a long history of neoteny, usually considered to be evolutionarily short-lived.