Protocoleoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | †Protocoleoptera Tillyard, 1924 |
Superfamilies | |
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The Protocoleoptera are the earliest beetles in the fossil record.[1]
Interpreting the early fossil record of beetles has been difficult because their forewings are modified as elytra. So no wing veins are visible. Wing veins are the main way insect specialists classify insects.