Clade Metacoleoptera Boudinot et al. 2022 (beetle)
Full reference: B. E. Boudinot, E. V. Yan, J. Prokop, X. Z. Luo, and R. G. Beutel. 2022. Permian parallelisms: Reanalysis of †Tshekardocoleidae sheds light on the earliest evolution of the Coleoptera. Systematic Entomology 48:69-96
Parent taxon: Mesocoleoptera according to B. E. Boudinot et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Permocupedidae
Subtaxa: Ademosynidae Adephaga Archostemata Asiocoleidae Myxophaga Peltosynidae Polyphaga Ponomarenkiumidae Taldycupedidae Triadocupedidae
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