Coleoptera

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Coleoptera

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordines: Adephaga - Archostemata - Myxophaga - Polyphaga

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Familiae: †Permocupedidae - †Rhombocoleidae - †Triadocupedinae - †Tshekardocoleidae

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Familiae: †Labradorocoleidae - †Obrieniidae - †Taldycupedidae - ?†Oborocoleidae
Genera: †Permocoleus

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Coleoptera

[edit] References

• Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) 2002: American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview
• Beutel, R.G.; Ge, S.-Q.; Hörnschemeyer, T. 2008: On the head morphology of Tetraphalerus, the phylogeny of Archostemata and the basal branching events in Coleoptera. Cladistics, 24: 270-298.
• Beutel, R.G.; Haas, F. 2000: Phylogenetic relationships of the suborders of Coleoptera (Insecta). Cladistics, 16: 103-141.
• Beutel, R.G.; Haas, F. 2003: Basal splitting events in Coleoptera. Pp. 160-161 in: Klass, K.D. (ed.) Proceedings of the 1st Dresden meeting on insect phylogeny: “Phylogenetic relationships within the insect orders” (Dresden, September 19–21, 2003). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 61: 119-172.[1]
• Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) 2005: Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. contents limited preview
• Bishop, D.J.; Majka, C.G.; Bondrup-Nielsen, S.; Peck, S.B. 2009: Deadwood and saproxylic beetle diversity in naturally disturbed and managed spruce forests in Nova Scotia. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys, 22: 309–340. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.144
• Caterino, M.S.; Shull, V.L.; Hammond, P.M.; Vogler, A.P. 2002: Basal relationships of Coleoptera inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Zoologica scripta, 31: 41-49.
• Crotch, G.R. 1871: List of all the Coleoptera described A.D. 1758-1821, referred to their modern genera. Cambridge. BUGZ
• Cuccodoro, G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (eds.) 2003: Systematics of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the retirement of Ivan Löbl. Memoirs on entomology international, 17. contents
• Dollin, P.E.; Majka, C.G.; Duinker, P.N. 2008: Saproxylic beetle (Coleoptera) communities and forest management practices in coniferous stands in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds.) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys, 2: 291-336. Abstract PDF
• Friedrich, F.; Beutel, R.G. 2006: The pterothoracic skeletomuscular system of Scirtoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) and its implications for the high-level phylogeny of beetles. Journal of zoological systematics & evolutionary research, 44: 290-315.
• Friedrich, F.; Farrell, B.D.; Beutel, R.G. 2008: The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda). Cladistics, 24: 1-37.
• Hunt, T.; Bergsten, J.; Levkanicova, Z.; Papadopoulou, A.; St. John, O.; Wild, R.; Hammond, P.M.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Caterino, M.S.; Gomez-Zurita, J.; Ribera, I.; Barraclough, T.G.; Bocakova, M.; Bocak, L.; Vogler, A.P. 2007: A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science, 318: 1913-1916. [2]
• Lawrence, J.F. (coordinator) 1991: Order Coleoptera, in: Stehr, F.W. (ed.) Immature insects, 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, USA.
• Lawrence, J.F. 1982: Coleoptera. Pp. 482-553 in Parker, S.P. (ed.) Synopsis and classification of living organisms, 2. McGraw-Hill, USA.
• Lawrence, J.F. 1999: The Australian Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata): new species, larva and discussion of relationships. Invertebrate taxonomy, 13: 369-390. [3]
• Lawrence, J.F.; Newton, A.F., jr. 1982: Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual review of ecology and systematics, 13: 261-290. [4]
• Lawrence, J.F.; Newton, A.F., jr. 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Pp. 779-1006 in Pakaluk, J.; Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
• Lawrence, J.F.; Ślipiński, S.A.; Pakaluk, J. 1995: From Latreille to Crowson: a history of the higher-level classification of beetles. Pp. 87-154 in Pakaluk, J.; Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
• Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. 2008: Editorial. How far have we come: 170 years of research on Canadian Coleoptera. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds.) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys, 2: 1-10. Abstract PDF
• Majka, C.G.; Sikes, D.S. 2009: Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island's precinctive beetles: taxonomic lessons and the utility of distributional checklists. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys, 22: 267–283. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.93
• McKenna, D.D.; Farrell, B.D. 2009: Beetles (Coleoptera). Pp. 278-289 in Hedges, S.B. & Kumar, S. (eds.) The Timetree of Life. Oxford University Press. PDF
• Ponomarenko, A.G. 1995: The geological history of beetles. Pp. 155-171 in Pakaluk, J.; Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
• Ponomarenko, A.G. 2003: Ecological evolution of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 46(suppl.-Fossil Insects): 319-328. [5]
• Seago, A.E.; Brady, P.; Vigneron, J.-P.; Schultz, T.D. 2009: Gold bugs and beyond: a review of iridescence and structural colour mechanisms in beetles (Coleoptera). Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 6, S165–S184. doi:10.1098/rsif.2008.0354.focus
• Vogler, A.P.; Caterino, M.S. 2003: The basal relationships of Coleoptera based on 18S rRNA sequences. Pp. 161-162 in: Klass, K.D. (ed.) Proceedings of the 1st Dresden meeting on insect phylogeny: “Phylogenetic relationships within the insect orders” (Dresden, September 19–21, 2003). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 61: 119-172.[6]
• Watt, J.C. 1975: Notes on priority of family-group names in Coleoptera. Coleopterists bulletin, 29: 31-34.

[edit] links

• www.coleoptera.org
• Australian Faunal Directory
• SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Coleoptera incertae sedis in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Maddison, David R. 2000. Coleoptera. Beetles. Version 11 September 2000 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Beetles and coleopterologists Russian site with English version, with information about biology, systematics and paleontology of beetles

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