Coleopsis
Coleopsis archaica is an extinct species of stem-group beetle. It is the only member of the genus Coleopsis and family Coleopsidae. It is known from a single specimen from the Early Permian (Asselian) of western Germany, estimated to be about 297 million years old. It is currently the oldest known beetle.
| Coleopsis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Holotype fossil showing part (A) counterpart (C) and virtually combined (B) | |
| Interpretive drawing of the part (A) counterpart (C) and combined (B) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | †Protocoleoptera |
| Superfamily: | †Tshekardocoleoidea |
| Family: | †Coleopsidae Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2016 |
| Genus: | †Coleopsis Kirejtshuk et al., 2014 |
| Species: | †C. archaica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Coleopsis archaica Kirejtshuk et al., 2014 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coleopseidae Kirejtshuk, 2020 (Unj. Emend.) | |
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