The paper is the first of a series, which aims to present a consistent interpretation of the
suprageneric taxa of fossil beetles in the current century and their generic and species …

The paper is mainly devoted to the studies of the fossil Cupedidae from the Paleocene of
Menat (Puy-de-Dôme, France) and to a preliminary generic analysis of the subfamily …

Despite encompassing only about 50 extant species, beetles of the suborder Archostemata
have a rich fossil history, being known from the Permian and dominating coleopteran …

The major biotic turnover that occurred immediately after the Cretaceous–Paleogene
boundary (K/Pg, formerly K/T) led to significant extinction of marine and terrestrial taxa (eg …

A review of the faunistic composition of the coleopterous taphocenoses from Bembridge
Marls is given. Only two families (Cupedidae and Carabidae) have been recorded from this …

The first fossils of Archostemata-like beetles were reported from Permian layers
(Ponomarenko 1969). However, all Permian fossil lineages, including† Tshekardocoleus …

Archaeomalthus synoriacos gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Permian Babiy Kamenlocality
indicates a remarkable evolutionary stability. Herein we report the oldest record of the family …

Two new genera Petropsis gen. n., and Menatorhis gen. n., and two species, Petropsis
rostrata gen. et sp. n.(Ithyceridae) and Perapion menatensis sp. n.(Brentidae), are described …

The paper provides an overview on fossil Coleoptera from the Lowermost Eocene Oise
amber of the Paris Basin (circa 53 million years old). At present 45 beetle families have been …

A rare archaic beetle, Mallecupes qingqingae gen. et sp. n.,(Insecta: Coleoptera:
Archostemata: Cupedidae) is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. It shows …