2015/12/01 by А. Г. Пономаренко, А. А. Прокин · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography #Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
paper · doi:10.1134/s0031030115130080
openalex publication_date 2015/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles are reviewed. A total of 37 beetle families are regarded as aquatic; five of them are extinct; three other extinct families could have had aquatic larvae; seven families are not known from the fossil record. The earliest records of fossil representatives of Recent families of aquatic beetles are given. The geological distribution of extinct families is reviewed, and the data on the modes of life of their representatives and on their evolution are provided. The new name Coleocatiniidae nom. nov. is proposed for Catiniidae Ponomarenko, 1968, a junior homonym of Catiniidae Embelton, 1901 (Crustacaea, Copepoda).