The oldest Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China

The Tenebrionoidea is among the most diverse group of beetles, but its fossil record is rare. A definitive oldest tenebrionoid beetle, Wuhua jurassica new genus new species, is described from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, China. It is tentatively placed as Family incertae sedis , and distinguished from others of Tenebrionoidea by the unusual combination of following characters: body convex; head strongly deflexed, not received into prothorax;...