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.[2]
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The Protocoleoptera are a paraphyletic group of extinct beetles, containing the earliest and most primitive lineages of beetles. They represented the...
beetles from the Permian, which are collectively grouped into the "Protocoleoptera" are thought to have been xylophagous (wood eating) and wood boring...
Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: †Protocoleoptera Family: †Tshekardocoleidae Rohdendorf, 1944 Genera See text Synonyms...
Permocupedoidea is a superfamily of Protocoleoptera that contains two known families. The type family is Permocupedidae. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies...
2020, with common names from bugguide.net. Order Coleoptera Suborder †Protocoleoptera Superfamily †Tshekardocoleoidea Rohdendorf, 1944 Family †Tshekardocoleidae...
This paleoentomology list records new fossil insect taxa that are to be described during the year 2022, as well as notes other significant paleoentomology...
Permosynoidea is a superfamily of Protocoleoptera that contains two known families. The type family is Permosynidae. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies...
Tshekardocoleoidea is a superfamily in the extinct suborder Protocoleoptera that contains the following families: †Coleopsidae Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2016...
"Protelytroptera From the Upper Permian of Australia, With a Discussion of the Protocoleoptera and Paracoleoptera". Psyche. 73 (2) (published October 21, 1966): 89–111...
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