Table of Contents

Systematic Position and Early Evolution · Classification · Molecular Systematics of Coleoptera: What Has Been Achieved So Far? · Coleoptera, Morphology · Archostemata · Myxophaga · Adephaga · Polyphaga · Staphyliniformia · Hydrophiloidea · Staphylinoidea · Scarabaeiformia · Scarabaeoidea · Elateriformia (part.) · Scirtoidea · Dascilloidea · Buprestoidea · Byrrhoidea

About the Author

Rolf G. Beutel,Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany; Richard A.B. Leschen , New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Land Care Research, Auckland, New Zealand; Niels P. Kristensen , Zoological Museum of theUniversity Copenhagen, Denmark.

Reviews

"These jewels of information are the stuff dreams are made of for aspiring coleopterists!"The Coleopterists Bulletin 3/2007 "This is a milestone in zoological literature, for which all its authors but especially the two editors deserve the warmest acknowledgement."A. Minelli in: JZS 44/2006