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Tshekardocoleoidea
Tshekardocoleoidea is a superfamily in the extinct suborder Protocoleoptera that contains the following families: *† Coleopsidae *† Labradorocoleoidae *† Oborocoleidae *†Tshekardocoleidae Tshekardocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles, known from the Permian. They represent amongst the oldest beetles. Like other primitive beetles, they are thought to have been xylophagous. They first appeared during the Cisuralian, before becomi ... References Beetle superfamilies Taxa named by Boris Rohdendorf {{paleo-beetle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshekardocoleoidea
Tshekardocoleoidea is a superfamily in the extinct suborder Protocoleoptera that contains the following families: *† Coleopsidae *† Labradorocoleoidae *† Oborocoleidae *†Tshekardocoleidae Tshekardocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles, known from the Permian. They represent amongst the oldest beetles. Like other primitive beetles, they are thought to have been xylophagous. They first appeared during the Cisuralian, before becomi ... References Beetle superfamilies Taxa named by Boris Rohdendorf {{paleo-beetle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleopsidae
''Coleopsis archaica'' is an extinct species of stem-group beetle. It is the only member of the genus ''Coleopsis'' and family Coleopsidae. It is known from a single specimen from the Early Permian (Asselian) of western Germany, estimated to be about 297 million years old. It is currently the oldest known beetle. Taxonomy and systematics While originally interpreted as a member of the family Tshekardocoleidae, this interpretation has been revised and questioned, with the most recent analyses suggesting that it is best placed in its own family, and may be the sister group to all other beetles. The family name was originally published in 2016 as "Coleopsidae" but a later publication claimed that this spelling was erroneous and proposed the spelling "Coleopseidae";Kirejtshuk, A.G. Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea. Geosciences 2020, 10, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshekardocoleidae
Tshekardocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles, known from the Permian. They represent amongst the oldest beetles. Like other primitive beetles, they are thought to have been xylophagous. They first appeared during the Cisuralian, before becoming extinct at the beginning of the Guadalupian. A claimed Jurassic record is doubtful. The oldest known beetle, ''Coleopsis,'' was originally assigned to this family, but is now assigned to its own family Coleopsidae. Taxonomy upundescribed Tshekardocoleid larvae, Tshekarda site Kirejtshuk (2020) included the following genera in Tshekardocoleidae * †'' Avocoleus'' - Obora site (Permian Sakmarian ); Moravia, Czech Republic **†'' Avocoleus fractus'' (Type species) **†'' Avocoleus neglegens'' * †'' Boscoleus'' - Obora site (Permian Sakmarian ); Moravia, Czech Republic **†'' Boscoleus blandus'' (Type species) * †'' Eocoleus'' - Obora site (Permian Sakmarian ); Moravia, Czech Republic **†'' Eocoleus scaber'' (Type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Rohdendorf
Boris Borisovich Rohdendorf (russian: link=no, Борис Борисович Родендорф, 12 July 190421 November 1977) was a Soviet entomologist and curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Moscow. He attained the position of head of the Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences) in Moscow. A student of Andrey Martynov, he was a prolific taxonomist who described numerous new taxa, including fossil Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ..., and published important syntheses on fossil insects. His work is being extensively revised by the current generation of Russian paleoentomologists. Partial bibliography * Rohdendorf, B.B. 1937. iptera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protocoleoptera
The Protocoleoptera are a paraphyletic group of extinct beetles, containing the earliest and most primitive lineages of beetles. They represented the dominant group of beetles during the Permian, but were largely replaced by modern beetle groups during the following Triassic. Protocoleopterans typically possess prognathous (horizontal) heads, distinctive elytra with regular window punctures, culticles with tubercles or scales, as well as a primitive pattern of ventral sclerites, similar to the modern archostematan families Ommatidae and Cupedidae. They are thought to have been xylophagous and wood boring. Kirejtshuk ''et al.'' (2014) argue that the name "Protocoleoptera" should not be used for the group, as Protocoleoptera was originally proposed for the family Protocoleidae , now considered a member of the extinct order Protelytroptera (a stem-group of the modern Dermaptera Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera. With about 2,000 species in 12 families, they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle Superfamilies
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard exoske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
