Fossil clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae): early evolution of "beetle tanks"

• Main Author: Simon Pražák, Jan
• Other Authors: Prokop, Jakub, Růžička, Jan, Fikáček, Martin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Univerzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakulta 2023
• Subjects: clown beetles; Coleoptera; fossils; Burmese amber; myrmecophily; Cretaceous; mršníci; fosilie; barmský jantar; myrmekofilie; křída; Burrows; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/185369

Clown beetles (Histeridae) represent a diverse (>4500 described species) group of beetles with worldwide distribution (except Antarctica) and with exceptional diversity of occupied habitats. Specialisation on environments such as subcortical space, dung and carrion, tunnels of wood- boring insect...