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Review of paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera)

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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).

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  2. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742, Russia

    A. A. Prokin

  3. Voronezh State University, Universitetskaya pl. 1, Voronezh, 394036, Russia

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Ponomarenko, A.G., Prokin, A.A. Review of paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera). Paleontol. J. 49, 1383–1412 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030115130080

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  • Coleoptera
  • fossils
  • paleontological data
  • evolution
  • extinct taxa
  • water beetles
  • Coleocatiniidae nom. nov

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