Prof. Dr. Rolf G. Beutel

Fikáček, M., Yamamoto, S., Matsumoto, K., Beutel, R.G., David R. Maddison, D.R., 2022. Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present-day diversity. Syst. Entomol.: 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12571External link

Boudinot, B.E., Fikáček, M., Lieberman, Z.E., Kusy, D., Bocak, L., McKenna, D.D., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Systematic bias and the phylogeny of Coleoptera — a response to Cai et al. (2022) following the responses to Cai et al. (2020). Syst. Entomol., 2022, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12570External link

Cho, H.-W., Kwon, M.Ch., Kim, S.K., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Morphology of larvae and pupae of the genus Autocrates (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae 62(1): 197–210. https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.015External link

Benda, D., Pohl, H., Beutel, R., Straka, J., 2022. Two new species of Xenos (Strepsiptera: Xenidae), parasites of social wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the New World. Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae 62(1), 185–195. https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2022.014External link

Richter, A., Boudinot, B.E., Yamamoto, S., Katzke, J., Beutel, R.G., 2022. The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, †Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), and the early evolution of the ants. Insect Syst. Divers., 6(5), 4, 1–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac013External link

Jandausch, K., Michels, J., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S.N., van de Kamp, T., Beutel, R.G., Niehuis, O., Pohl, H., 2022. Have female twisted-wing parasites (Insecta: Strepsiptera) evolved tolerance traits as response to traumatic penetration? PeerJ 10, e13655. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13655External link

Li, D., Friedrich, F., Jandausch, K., Pohl, H., Liu, X., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Unearthing underground predators: The head morphology of larvae of the moth lacewing genus Ithone Newman (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) and its functional and phylogenetic implications. Syst. Entomol., 47(4), 618–636. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12556External link

Boudinot, B.E., Yan, E.V. Prokop, J., Luo, X.-Z., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Permian parallelisms: Reanalysis of †Tshekardocoleidae sheds light on the earliest evolution of the Coleoptera. Syst. Entomol., XX, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12562External link

Aibekova, L., Boudinot, B.E., Beutel, R.G., Richter, A., Keller, R.A., Hita-Garcia, F., Economo, E.P., 2022. The skeletomuscular system of the mesosoma of Formica rufa workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect. Syst. Divers. 6, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac002External link

Benda, D., Pohl, H., Nakase, Y., Beutel, R., Straka, J., 2022. A generic classification of Xenidae (Strepsiptera) based on the morphology of the female cephalothorax and male cephalotheca with a preliminary checklist of species. ZooKeys 1093, 1–134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1093.72339External link

Boudinot, B.E., Moosdorf, O.T.D., Beutel, R.G., & Richter, A., 2021. Anatomy and evolution of the head of Dorylus helvolus (Formicidae: Dorylinae): Patterns of sex‐and caste‐limited traits in the sausagefly and the driver ant. J. Morph. 282(11), 1616–1658.

Yang, Zh.-L., Seitz, F., Grabe, V., Nietzsche, S., Richter, A., Reichelt, M., Beutel, R., Beran, F.  2022. Rapid and selective absorption of plant defense compounds across the gut of a sequestering insect. Frontiers Physiol. 13, 846732.

Beutel, R.G., Wipfler, B., Meusemann, K., Pohl, H., 2022. Insect systematics from Hennig to transcriptomes – anatomy and phylogenomics converge upon a robust phylogeny. Atti Accad. Naz. Ital. Entomol. 69, 93–99.

Boudinot, B.E., Richter, A., Beutel, R.G., Katzke, J., Keller, R.A., Economo, E.P., Yamamoto, E., 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097External link

Jałoszyński, P., Luo, X.-Zh., Beutel, R.G., 2022. Evolution of cephalic structures in extreme myrmecophiles: a lesson from Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Cladistics 38(3), 335–358. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12498External link

Matsumura, Y., Lima, S.P., Rafael, J.A., Câmara, J.T., Beutel, R.G., & Gorb, S.N. 2022. Distal leg structures of Zoraptera – did the loss of adhesive devices curb the chance of diversification? Arthr. Struct. Devel. 68, 101164.

Möckel, L., Meusemann, K., Misof, B., Schwartze, V.U., Fine Licht, H.H., Voigt, K., Stielow, B., de Hoog, S., Beutel, R.G., Buellesbach, J., 2022. Phylogenetic revision and patterns of host specificity in the fungal subphylum Entomophthoromycotina. Microorganisms 10, 256, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10020256.

Bao, T, Wedmann, S., Grímsson, F. Beutel, R.G., Seyfullah, L., Bao, L., Jarzembowski, E.A., 2021. Was the kateretid beetle Pelretes really a Cretaceous angiosperm pollinator? Nature Plants (in press).

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Economo, E.P., 2021. Patterns of morphological simplification and innovation in the megadiverse Holometabola (Insecta). Cladistics (in press). 

Luo, C.H., Beutel, R.G., Thomson, U.R., Zheng, D.R., Li, J. H., Zhao, X.Y., Zhang, H.-Ch., Wang, B., 2021. Beetle or roach: systematic position of the enigmatic Umenocoleidae based on new material from Zhonggou Formation in Jiuquan, Northwest China, and a morphocladistic analysis. Palaeoworld (in press).

Luo, X.Z., Hlaváč, P., Jałoszyński, P. & Beutel, R.G., 2021. In the twilight zone–the head morphology of Bergrothia saulcyi (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Coleoptera), a beetle with adaptations to endogean life but living in leaf litter. J. Morph., online early.

Beutel, R.G., Luo, X.-Zh., Yavorskaya, M.I., Jałoszyński, P., 2021. Structural megadiversity in leaf litter predators-the head anatomy of Pselaphus heisei (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Coleoptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 79, 443.

Qvarnström, M., Fikáček, M., Wernström, J.V., Huld, S., Beutel, R.G., Arriaga-Varela, E., Ahlberg, P.E., Niedźwiedzki, G. 2021. Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. Curr, Biol. 31(15), 3374-3381.

Vasilikopoulos, A., Balke, M., Kukowka, S., Pflug, J.M., Martin, S., Meusemann, K., Hendrich, L., Mayer, Ch., Maddison, D.R., Niehuis, O., Beutel, R.G., Misof, B., 2021. Phylogenomic analyses clarify the pattern of evolution of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and highlight phylogenetic artifacts due to model misspecification and excessive data trimming. Syst. Entomol. 46(4), 991-1018.

Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Boudinot, B., Beutel, R.G., 2021. On the value of Burmese amber for understanding insect evolution: Insights from †Heterobathmilla–an exceptional stem group genus of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Cladistics, 37(2), 211-229.

Boudinot, B.E., Beutel, R.G., Gorb, S.N., Polilov, A.A., 2021. Functional diversity of attachment and grooming leg structures is retained in all but the smallest insects. J. Zool. 313(2), 99-113.

Richter, A., Garcia, F.H., Keller, R.A., Billen, J., Katzke, J., Boudinot, B.E., Economo, E.P. & Beutel, R.G. 2021. The head anatomy of Protanilla lini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), with a hypothesis of their mandibular movement. Myrmecological News 31.

Luo, X.Z., Jałoszyński, P., Stoessel, A., Beutel R.G., 2021. The specialized thoracic skeletomuscular system of the myrmecophile Claviger testaceus (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Coleoptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 21, 317-335.

Richter, A., Garcia, F.H., Keller, R.A., Billen, J., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G., 2020. Comparative analysis of worker head anatomy of Formica and Brachyponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 78(1), 133-170.

Vasilikopoulos, A., Gustafson, G.T., Balke, M., Niehuis, O., Beutel, R.G., Misof, B., 2020. Resolving the phylogenetic position of Hygrobiidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) requires objective statistical tests and exhaustive phylogenetic methodology: a response to Cai et al. 2020. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 106923-106923.

Jałoszyński, P., Luo, X.Z., Hammel, J.U., Yamamoto, S., Beutel, R.G., 2020. The mid-Cretaceous †Lepiceratus gen. nov. and the evolution of the relict beetle family Lepiceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Myxophaga). J. Syst. Palaeont., 1-14.

Boudinot, B.E., Beutel, R.G., Gorb, S.N., Polilov, A.A. 2020. Functional diversity of attachment and grooming leg structures is retained in all but the smallest insects. J. Zool. 313(2), 99-113.

Vasilikopoulos, A., Misof, B., Meusemann, K., Lieberz, D., Flouri, T., Beutel, R.G., Niehuis, O., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Peters, R.S., Donath, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Mayer, Ch., Bartel, D., Böhm, A., Liu1, Sh., Kapli, P., Greve, C., Jepson, J.E., Liu, X., Zhou, X., Aspöck, H., Aspöck, U., 2020. An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola). BMC Evolut. Biol. 20, 64.

Beutel, R.G., Luo, X., Wipfler, B., 2020. Is †Umenocoleus a roach or a beetle (Dictyoptera or Coleoptera)? Palaeoentomol. 3(1), 96-102.

 Beutel, R. G., Richter, A., Keller, R. A., Hita Garcia, F., Matsumura, Y., Economo, E. P., Gorb, S.N., 2020. Distal leg structures of the Aculeata (Hymenoptera): A comparative evolutionary study of Sceliphron (Sphecidae) and Formica(Formicidae). J. Morph. 281, 737–753.

Jałoszyński, P., Luo, X.Z. & Beutel, R.G. 2020. Profound head modifications in Claviger testaceus (Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Coleoptera) facilitate integration into communities of ants. Journal of Morphology 281(9): 1072-1085.

Matsumura, Y., Beutel, R.G., Rafael, J.A., Yao, I., Câmara, J.T., Lima, Sh.P., Yoshizawa, K., 2020. The evolution of Zoraptera. Syst. Entomol. 45(2), 349-364.

Tröger, D., Grabe, V., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H. 2020. The endoparasitic larval stages of Eoxenos laboulbenei: an atypical holometabolan development (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae). Arthropod Str. Dev. 56, 100932.

Beutel, R.G., Liu, Z., Fikáček, M., Ren, D., Pang, H., Ślipiński, A., 2020. Burmapseudomorphus planus gen. et sp. nov. – a Late Cretaceous stem group member of the specialized Pseudomorphini (Carabidae, Coleoptera) from northern Myanmar. Cretac. Res. 107, 104274.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Effects of miniaturization in primary larvae of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Str. Dev. 48, 49-55.

Mashimo, Y., Müller, P., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Zorotypus pecten, a new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4651(3), 565–577.

Antunes‐Carvalho, C., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., Gnaspini, P., 2017. Morphology‐based phylogenetic reconstruction of Cholevinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae): a new view on higher‐level relationships. Cladistics 35(1), 1-41.

Vasilikopoulos, A., Balke, M., Beutel, R. G., Donath, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Pflug, J. M., Waterhourse, R.M., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Escalona, H.E., Mayer, Ch., Liu, Sh., Hendrich, L., Alarie, Y., Bilton, D.T., Jia, F., Zhou, X., Maddison, D.R., Misof, B., 2019. Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 135, 270-285.

Luo, X.-Zh., Antunes‐Carvalho, C., Ribera, I. & Beutel, R.G., 2019. The thoracic morphology of the troglobiontic cholevine species Troglocharinus ferreri (Coleoptera, Leiodidae). Arthropod Str. Dev. 53, 100900.

McKenna, D.D., Shin, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Beza-Beza, C., Clarke, D.J., Donath, A., Escalona, H.E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H., Liu, Sh., Maddison, D., Mayer, Ch., Misof, B., Murin, P.J., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Scully, E.D., Yan, E.V., Zhou, X., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity. PNAS 116(49), 24729-24737.

Polilov, A.A., Ribera, I., Yavorskaya, M.I., Cardoso, A., Grebennikov, V.V., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The phylogeny of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) – the smallest beetles and their evolutionary transformations. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 77(3), 433-455.

Liu, S.-P., Richter, A., Stoessel, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The mesosomal anatomy of Myrmecia nigrocincta workers and evolutionary transformations in Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 77 (1), 1–19.

Luo, X.Z., Antunes‐Carvalho, C., Wipfler, B., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The cephalic morphology of the troglobiontic cholevine species Troglocharinus ferreri (Coleoptera, Leiodidae). J. Morph. 280(8), 1207-1221.

Mashimo, Y., Müller, P., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Zorotypus pecten, a new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4651(3), 565–577.

McKenna, D.D., Shin, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Beza-Beza, C., Clarke, D.J., Donath, A., Escalona, H.E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H., Liu, Sh., Maddison, D., Mayer, Ch., Misof, B., Murin, P.J., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Scully, E.D., Yan, E.V., Zhou, X., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity. PNAS 116(49), 24729-24737.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Effects of miniaturization in primary larvae of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Str. Dev. 48, 49-55.

Pohl, H., Hammel, J.U., Richter, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The first fossil free-living late instar larva of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 77 (1), 125-140.

Polilov, A.A., Ribera, I., Yavorskaya, M.I., Cardoso, A., Grebennikov, V.V., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The phylogeny of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) – the smallest beetles and their evolutionary transformations. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 77(3), 433-455.

Qi, X., Lin, X.-L., Ekrem, T., Beutel^, R.G., Song, Ch., Orlov, I., Chen, Ch.-T., Wang, X.–H., 2019. A new surface gliding species of Chironomidae: an independent invasion of marine environments and its evolutionary implications. Zool. Scr. 48(1), 81-92.

Richter, A., Keller, R.A., Rosumek, F.B., Economo, E.P., Garcia, F.H., Beutel, R.G., 2019. The cephalic anatomy of workers of the ant species Wasmannia affinis (Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta) and its evolutionary implications. Arthropod Str. Dev. 49, 26-49.

Tröger, D., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2019. The abdomen of a free‐living female of Strepsiptera and the evolution of the birth organs. J. Morph. 280(5), 739-755.

Vasilikopoulos, A., Balke, M., Beutel, R. G., Donath, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Pflug, J. M., Waterhourse, R.M., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Escalona, H.E., Mayer, Ch., Liu, Sh., Hendrich, L., Alarie, Y., Bilton, D.T., Jia, F., Zhou, X., Maddison, D.R., Misof, B., 2019. Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 135, 270-285.

Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F., Yavorskaya, M.I., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Vassilenko, D.V., Bashkuev, A.S., Ponomarenko, A.G., 2019. Archaeomalthus - (Coleoptera, Archostemata) a “ghost adult” of Micromalthidae from Upper Permian deposits of Siberia? Histor. Biol. 32(8), 1019-1027.

Yavorskaya, M.I., Beutel, R.G., Farisenkov, S.E., Polilov, A.A., 2019. The locomotor apparatus of one of the smallest beetles–The thoracic skeletomuscular system of Nephanes titan (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae). Arthropod Str. Dev. 48, 71-82.

Zhou, Y.L., Zhou, H.Zh., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G., 2019. Evolution of a hyper-complex intromittent organ in rove beetles – the endophallus of Xantholinini (Staphylinidae: Coleoptera). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 188(4), 1277-1295.

Bai, M., Beutel, R.G., Zhang, W., Wang, Sh., Hörnig, M., Gröhn, C. Yan, E., Yang, X.-K., Wipfler, B., 2018. †Caputoraptor elegans – a new Cretaceous insect with a unique cephalo-thoracic scissor device. Curr. Biol. 28(3), 438-443.

Batelka, J., Prokop, J. Pohl, H., Bai, M., Zhang, W.W., Beutel, R.G., 2018. Highly specialized Cretaceous beetle parasitoids (Ripiphoridae) identified with optimized visualization of microstructures. Syst. Entomol. 44(2), 396-407.

Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Yan, E.V., Anton, E., Liu, S.-P., Ślipiński, S.A., McKenna, D., Friedrich, F., 2018. The phylogeny of Coleopterida (Hexapoda) – morphological characters and molecular phylogenies. Syst. Entomol. 74 (1), 75-102.

Jandausch, K., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Aspöck, U., Winterton, Sh.L., 2018. Morphology of the primary larva of Mantispa aphavexelte (Mantispidae: Neuroptera) and phylogenetic implications to the order of Neuroptera. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 76(3), 529-560.

Jandausch, K., Beutel, RG., Pohl, H., Gorb, S.N., Büsse, S., 2018. The legs of “spider associated” parasitic primary larvae of Mantispa aphavexelte (Mantispidae, Neuroptera)–Attachment devices and phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Str. Dev. 47 (5), 449-456.

Johnson, K.P., Dietrich, C.H., Friedrich, F., Beutel, R., Wipfler, B., Peters, R.S., Allen, J., Petersen, M., Donath, A., Walden, K.K.O., Kozlov, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Mayer, H., Meusemann, K., Vasilikopoulos, R., Waterhouse, R.M., Cameron, S., Weirauch Ch., Swanson, D.R., Percy, D., Hardy, N., Terry, I., Liu, Sh., Zhou, X., Misof, B., Robertson, H.M., Yoshizawa, K., 2018. Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects. PNAS 115(50): 12775-12780.

Liu, S.P., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The unique locomotor apparatus of whirligig beetles of the tribe Orectochilini (Gyrinidae, Coleoptera). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 56 (2), 196-208.

Liu, S.P., Friedrich, F., Büsse, S., Petersen, D., Gorb., S., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The thoracic anatomy of the swift lousefly Crataerina pallida (Diptera) – functional implications and character evolution in Hippoboscidea. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 185 (1), 111-131.

Luo, X.-Zh., Wipfler, B., Ribera, I., Liang, H.-B., Tian, M. Y., Ge, S.-Q., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The cephalic morphology of free-living and cave-dwelling species of trechine ground beetles from China (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Org. Divers. Evol. 18(1), 125-142.

Luo, X.-Zh., Wipfler, B., Ribera, I., Liang, H.-B., Tian M.-Y., Ge, S.-Q., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The thoracic morphology of cave-dwelling and free-living ground beetles from China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Arthropod Str. Dev.47(6), 662-674.

Mashimo, Y., Müller, P., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The "hairy beast" - Zorotypus hirsutus sp.n., an unusual new species of Zoraptera (Insecta) from Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4508(4), 562-568.

Pohl, H., Batelka, J., Prokop, J. Müller, P., Yavorskaya, M., Beutel, R.G., 2018. A needle in a haystack: Mesozoic origin of parasitism in Strepsiptera revealed by first definite Cretaceous primary larva (Insecta). PeerJ 6, e5943https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5943External link.

Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J F., 2018. Whirling in the late Permian: ancestral Gyrinidae show early radiation of beetles before Permian-Triassic mass extinction. BMC Evolut. Biol. 18(1), 33.

Yavorskaya, M.I., Anton, E., Jałoszyński, P., Polilov, A., Beutel, R.G., 2018. Cephalic anatomy of Sphaeriusidae and a morphology‐based phylogeny of the suborder Myxophaga (Coleoptera). Syst. Entomol. 43 (4), 777-797.

Yavorskaya, M.I., Hörnschemeyer, T., Beutel, R.G., 2018. The head morphology of Micromalthus debilis (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Micromalthidae) – an “archaic” beetle with an unusual morphology and a unique life cycle. Arthropod Syst. Phyl.  76(3), 475-486.

Antunes-Carvalho, C., Yavorskaya, M., Gnaspini, P^., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2017. Cephalic anatomy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the head of Catops ventricosus (Weise, 1877) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae). Org. Divers. Evol.  17(1), 199-212.

Beutel, R.G., Yan, E., Richter, A., Büsse, S., Miller, K.B., Yavorskaya, M., Wipfler, B., 2017. The head of Heterogyrus milloti (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 75(2), 261 – 280.

Beutel, R.G., Yavorskaya, M., Mashimo, Y., Fukui, M., Meusemann, K., 2017. The Phylogeny of Hexapoda (Arthropoda) and the Evolution of Megadiversity. Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 51, 1–15.

Liu, S.P., Wipfler, B., Niitsu, S., Beutel, R.G., 2017. The thoracic anatomy of the male and female winter moth Nyssiodes lefuarius (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and evolutionary changes in the thorax of moths and butterflies. Org. Divers. Evol. 17 (3), 565–594.

Neubert, D., Simon, S., Beutel, R.G., Wipfler, B., 2017. The head of the earwig Forficula auricularia (Dermaptera) and its evolutionary implications. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 75(1), 99-124.

Richter, A., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2017. The cephalothorax of females of Xenos vesparum (Insecta, Strepsiptera, Xenidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 75(2), 327-347.

Yan, E., Beutel, R.G., Ponomarenko, A.G., 2017. †Ademosynidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) – a new concept for a coleopteran key taxon and its phylogenetic affinities to the extant suborders. Palaeontol. Electr. 20(2), 1-21.

Yan, E., Lawrence, J.F., Beattie, R., Beutel, R.G., 2017. At the dawn of the great rise: †Ponomarenkia belmonthensis(Insecta: Coleoptera), a new remarkable late Permian beetle from the Southern Hemisphere. J. Syst. Palaeontol. 16(7), 611-619.

Yan, E., Ponomarenko, A.G., Beutel, R.G., 2017. Peltosynidae - a new beetle family from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kirghyzia - its affinities to Polyphaga (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the groundplan of the megadiverse suborder. J. Syst. Palaeontol. 16(6), 515-553.

Yavorskaya, M., Beutel, R.G., Polilov, A., 2017. Head morphology of the smallest beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) and the evolution of sporophagy within Staphyliniformia. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 75 (3), 417-434.

Anton, E., Yavorskaya, M.I., Beutel, R.G., 2016.  The head morphology of adults of Clambidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Scirtoidea). J. Morph. 277, 615–633.

Bai, M., Beutel, R.G., Klass, K.-D., Zhang, W., Yang, X.-K., Wipfler, B., 2016.   †Alienoptera – a new insect order in the roach - mantodean twilight zone. Gondwana Res. 39, 317-326.

Beutel, R.G., Zhang, W.W., Pohl, H., Wappler, T., Bai, M., 2016. A miniaturized beetle larva in Cretaceous Burmese amber: reinterpretation of a fossil “strepsipteran triungulin”. Ins. Syst. Evol. 47(1), 83-91.

Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Beutel, R.G., 2016. Structure and evolution of insect sperm: new interpretations in the age of phylogenomics. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 61, 1-23.

Fabian, B., Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2016. Comparative thoracic anatomy of the wild type and wingless (wg1cn1) mutant of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 45(6), 611-636.

Gottardo, M., Dallai, R., Mercati, D., Hörnschemeyer, T., Beutel, R.G., 2016. The evolution of insect sperm - an unusual character system in a megadiverse group. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 54(4), 237-256.

Kjer, K.M., Simon, C., Yavorskaya, M., Beutel, R.G., 2016. Progress, pitfalls, and parallel universes: A history of insect phylogenetics. J. R. Soc. Interf. 13, 20160363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.0363.

Knauthe, P., Beutel, R.G., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., 2016. Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy sheds new light on the head anatomy of an extremely miniaturized insect larva (Insecta, Strepsiptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 74 (2), 107-126.

Löwe, S., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2016. The female cephalothorax of Stylops ovinae Noskiewicz & Poluszyński, 1928 (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 74, 65-81.

Peinert, M., Wipfler, B., Jetschke, G., Kleinteich, T., Gorb, S.N., Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2016. Traumatic insemination and female counter-adaptation in Strepsiptera (Insecta). Sci. Rep. 6, 25052.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2016. †Kinzelbachilla ellenbergeri – a new ancestral species, genus and family of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Syst. Entomol. 41 (1): 287-297.

Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Yavorskaya, M.I., Beutel, R.G., 2016. A review of methods for analysing insect structures - the role of morphology in the age of phylogenomics. Curr. Opin. Ins. Sci. 18, 60-68.

Friedemann, K., Gorb, E., Kunert, G., Beutel, R.G., 2015. Attachment forces of pea aphid host races on different legume species. Ecol. Entomol. 40 (6), 732-740.

Kjer, K.M., Ware, J.L., Rust, J., Wappler, T, Lanfear, R., Jermiin, L.S., Zhou, X., Aspöck, H., Aspöck, U. Beutel, R.G., Blanke, A., Donath, A., Flouri, T., Frandsen, P. B., Kapli, P., Kawahara, A.Y., Letsch, H., Mayer, C., McKenna, D. D., Meusemann, K., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Wiegmann, B.M., Yeates, D.K., Reumont, B.M. von, Stamatakis, A., Misof, B., 2015. Response to comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution”. Science 349 (6247), 487-c.

Toussaint, E.F.A., Beutel, R.G., Morinière, J., Jia, F., Xu, Sh., Michat, M.C., Zhou, X., Bilton, D.T., Ribera, I. Balke, M., 2015.  Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera, Aspidytidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 176(3), 537-546.

McKenna, D.D. Wild, A.L., Kanda, K., Bellamy, C.L., Beutel, R.G., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Ivie, M.A., Jameson, M.L., Leschen, R.A.B., Marvaldi, A.E., McHugh, J.V., Newton, A.F., Robertson, J.A., Thayer, M.K., Whiting, M.F., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Maddison, D.R., Farrell, B.D., 2015. The beetle tree of life reveals Coleoptera survived end Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Syst. Entomol. 40 (4), 835-880.

Yavorskaya, M.I., Kojima, K., Machida, R., Beutel, R.G., 2015. Morphology of the 1^st instar larva of Tenomerga mucida (Chevrolat, 1829) (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 73 (2), 239-258.

Fabian, B., Russell, L., Friedrich, F., & Beutel, R.G., 2015. The morphology of the larval head of the enigmatic boreid Caurinus dectes (Mecoptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 73 (3), 385-399.

Matsumura, Y., Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Dallai, R., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Câmara,  J.T.,  Rafael, J.A., Beutel, R.G., 2015. Cephalic anatomy of Zorotypus weidneri New, 1978: new evidence for a placement of Zoraptera. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 73 (1), 85–105. 

Gottardo, M., Vallotto, D., Beutel, R.G., 2015. Giant stick insects reveal unique ontogenetic changes in biological attachment devices. Arthropod Str. Dev. 44 (2), 195-199.

Bauernfeind, R., Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2015. The larval head of Exechia (Mycetophilidae) and Bibio(Bibionidae) (Diptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 44(4), 326-345.

Fraulob, M., Beutel, R.G., Machida, R., Pohl, H. 2015. The embryonic development of Stylops ovinae (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) with emphasis on external morphology. Arthropod Str. Dev. 44 (1), 42-68.

Hua, Y., Beutel, R.G., Ge, S.-Q., Yang, X.-K., 2015. The larval head structures of Podagricomela shirahatai (Chûjô) (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) and morphological effects of leaf mining. J. Morph. 276 (4), 446-457.

Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Mercati, D., Rafael, José Albertino, Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Matsumura, Y. & Beutel, R.G.  2015. The intermediate sperm type and genitalia of Zorotypus shannoni Gurney – evidence supporting infraordinal lineages in Zoraptera (Insecta). Zoomorph. 134(1), 79-91.

Ge, S.-Q., Hua, Y., Ren, J., Ślipiński, A., Heming, B., Beutel, R.G., Yang, X.-K., Wipfler, B., 2015. Transformation of head structures during the metamorphosis of Chrysomela populi (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 73 (1), 129-152.

Matsumura, Y., Yao I., Beutel, R.G., Yoshizawa, K., 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the leaf beetle subfamily Criocerinae. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 72 (2), 95-110.

Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Mercati, D., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Matsumura, Y., Raphael, J.A., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Comparative morphology of spermatozoa and reproductive species of zorapteran species from different world regions (Insecta, Zoraptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 43(4), 371-383.

Dallai, R., Gottardo, Mercati, D., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Matsumura, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Giant spermatozoa and a huge spermatheca: a case of coevolution of male and female reproductive organs in the ground louse Zorotypus impolitus (Insecta, Zoraptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 43(2), 135-151.

Dallai, R., Thipaksorn, A., Mercati, D., Machida, R., Beutel, R.G., 2014. The sperm structure of Cryptocercus(Blattodea) and sperm evolution in Dictyoptera. Arthropod Str. Dev. 276 (4), 361-369.

Jałoszyński, P., Matsumura, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Evolution of a giant intromittent organ in Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): functional morphology of the male postabdomen in Mastigini. Arthropod Str. Dev. 44(1), 77-98.

Mashimo, Y., Matsumura, Y., Machida, R., Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Yoshizawa, K., Friedrich, F., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R.G., 2014. 100 years Zoraptera – a phantom in insect evolution and the history of its investigation. Ins. Syst. Evol. 45(4), 371-393.

Misof, B., Liu, Sh., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Frandsen, P.B., Ware, J., Flouri, T., Beutel, R.G., Niehuis, O., Petersen, M., Izquierdo-Carrasco, F., Wappler, T., Rust, J., Aberer, A.J., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H., Bartel, D., Blanke, A., Berger, S., Böhm, A., Buckley, T., Calcott, B., Chen, J. Friedrich, F., Fukui, M., Fujita, M., Greve, C., Grobe, G., Gu, Sh., Huang, Y., Jermiin, L.S., Kawahara, A.Y., Krogmann, L., Kubiak, M., Lanfear, R., Letsch, H., Li, Y., Li, Zh., Li, J., Lu, H., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Kapli, P., McKenna, D.D., Meng, G., Nakagaki, Y., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Ott, M., Ou, Y., Pass, G., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Reumont, B.M. v., Schütte, K., Sekiya, K., Shimizu, Sh., Slipinski, A., Stamatakis, A., Song, W., Su, X., Szucsich, N.U., Tan, M., Tan, X., Tang, M.,  Tang, J., Timelthaler, G., Tomizuka, Sh., Trautwein, M., Tong, X., Uchifune, T., Walzl, M.G., Wiegmann, B.M., Wilbrandt, J., Wipfler, B., Wong, T.K.F., Wu, Q., Wu, G., Xie, Y., Yang, Sh., Yang, Q.,  Yeates, D.K., Yoshizawa, K., Zhang, Q., Zhang, R., Zhang, W., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, Ch., Zhou, L., Ziesmann, T., Zou, Sh., Li, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Wang, J., Kjer, K.M., Zhou, X., 2014. Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science 346, 763-767.

Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2014. The evolution of head structures in lower Diptera. ScienceOpen, online.

Mashimo, Y., Beutel, R.G., Dallai, R., Lee, C.Y., Machida, R., 2014. Postembryonic development of the ground louse Zorotypus caudelli Karny (Insecta: Zoraptera: Zorotypidae). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 72(1), 55-71.

Friedemann, K., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Morphology of arolia in Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera). J. Morph. 275(11),1217-1225.

Hua, Y., Beutel, R.G., Ge, S.-Q., Nie, R.-E, Yang, X.-K., 2014.  The morphology of galerucine and alticine larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 72(2), 75-94.

Friedemann, K., Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Fly on the wall – attachment structures in lower Diptera. Syst. Entomol. 39(3), 460-473.

Matsumura, Y., Yoshizawa, K., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Kleinteich, T., Michels, J., Gorb, S.N., & Beutel, R.G., 2014. Two intromittent organs in Zorotypus caudelli (Insecta, Zoraptera): a paradox coexistence of an extremely long tube and a large spermatophore. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 112(1), 40-54.

Peters, R.S., Meusemann, K., Petersen, M., Wilbrandt, J., Ziesmann, J., Donath, A., Mayer, C., Kjer, K.M., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H., Aberer, A., Stamatakis, A., Friedrich, F., Hünefeld, F., Niehuis, O., Beutel, R.G., Misof, B., 2014. The evolutionary history of holometabolous insects inferred from transcriptome-based phylogeny and comprehensive morphological data. BMC Evolut. Biol. 14(1), 52.

Song, K.Q., Xue, H.J., Beutel, R.G., Bai, M., Bian, D.J., Liu, J., Ruan, Y.Y., Li, W.Z, Jia, F.L. & Yang, X.K. 2014. Habitat-dependent diversification and parallel molecular evolution - water scavenger beetles as a case study. Curr. Zool. 60 (5), 561–570.

Wipfler, B., Bai, M., Schoville, S., Dallai, R., Uchifune, T., Machida, R., Cui, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Ice Crawlers (Grylloblattodea) – the history of the investigation of a highly unusual group of insects. J. Ins. Biodiv. 2(2), 1-25.

Yavorskaya, M.I., Leschen, R.A.B., Polilov, A.A., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Unique rostrate larvae and basidiomycophagy in the beetle family Corylophidae. Arthropod Str. Dev. 43(2), 153-62.

Russell, L.K., Dallai, R., Gottardo^, M., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The sperm ultrastructure of Caurinus dectes Russell (Mecoptera: Boreidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Tiss. Cell 45 (6), 397-401.

Friedemann, K., Spangenberg, R., Yoshizawa, K., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The evolution of attachment structures in the highly diverse Acercaria (Hexapoda). Cladistics 30(2), 170-201.

Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G., Newton, A.F., 2013. A possible larva of Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae) from Panama. Zootaxa 3701 (3), 393-400.

Mashimo, Y., Beutel, R.G., Dallai, R., Lee, Ch.-Y, Machida, R., 2013. Embryonic development of Zoraptera with special reference to external morphology, and its phylogenetic implications (Insecta). J. Morph. 275 (3), 295-312.

Mashimo, Y., Yoshizawa, K., Engel, M.S., Ghani, A.B., Dallai, R., Beutel, R.G., Machida, R. 2013. Zorotypus in Peninsular Malaysia (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3717 (4), 498-514.

Pohl, H., Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The spermatozoon of Mengenilla moldrzyki (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae): ultrastructure and phylogenetic considerations. Arthropod Str. Dev. 45, 446– 451.

Schneeberg, K. Harris, M., Polilov, A., & Beutel, R.G. 2013. The adult head morphology of the Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). J. Morph. 274 (11), 1299-1311.

Schneeberg, K., Krause, K., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The adult head of Axymyia furcata (Axymyiidae, Diptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 71(2), 91-102.

Spangenberg, R., Friedemann, K., Weirauch, C., Beutel, R.G., 2013 The head morphology of the potentially basal heteropteran lineages Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha and Gerromorpha (Hemiptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 71 (2), 103-136.

Hörnschemeyer, T., Haug, J., Bethoux, O., Beutel, R.G., Charbonier, S. Thomas A. Hegna, T.A., Koch, M., Rust, S., Wedmann, S., Bradler, S., Willmann, R., 2013. Strudiella not a Devonian insect. Nature 494, E3–E4.

Hua, Y., Ge, S., Beutel, R.G., Zhang, Y., Cui, J., Yang, X.K., 2013. The larvae of Altica koreana (Ogloblin) and A. viridicyanea (Baly) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Zootaxa, 3694 (5), 461-470.

Spangenberg, R., Wipfler, B., Friedemann, K., Pohl, H., Weirauch, C., Hartung, V., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The cephalic morphology of the Gondwanan key taxon Hackeriella (Coleorrhyncha, Hemiptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 42, 315-337.

Dallai, R., Gottardo, M., Mercati, D., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Matsumura, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2013. Divergent mating patterns and a unique mode of external sperm transfer in Zoraptera: an enigmatic group of pterygote insects. Naturwiss. 100, 581-594.

Wipfler, B., Schneeberg, K., Löffler, A., Hünefeld, F., Meier, R., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The skeletomuscular system of the larva of Drosophila melanogaster (Drosophilidae, Diptera) – a contribution to the morphology of a model organism. Arthropod Str. Dev.  42(1), 47-68.

Friedrich, F., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The head of Merope tuber (Meropeidae) and the phylogeny of Mecoptera (Hexapoda). Arthropod Str. Dev. 42(1), 69-88.

Bai, M., Beutel, R. G., Shih, Ch.-K. Ren, D., & Yang, X.-K., 2013. Septiventeridae, a new and ancestral fossil family of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation. J. Syst. Paleontol. 11(3), 359-374.

Beutel, R.G., Wang, B., Tan, J.-J., Ge, S.-Q., Ren, D., Yang, X.-K., 2013. On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta). Cladistics 29 (2), 147-165.

Beutel, R.G., Wipfler, B., Gottardo, M., & Dallai, R., 2013. Polyneoptera or “lower Neoptera” - new light on old and difficult phylogenetic problems. Atti Accad. Naz. Ital. Entomol. 61, 133-142.

Friedrich, F., Matsumura, Y., Pohl, H., Bai, M., Hörnschemeyer, T., Beutel, R.G., 2013. Insect morphology in the age of phylogenomics - innovative techniques and its future role in systematics. Entomol. Sci. 17 (1), 1-24.

Matsumura, Y., Machida, R., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R.G., Yoshizawa, K., 2013. Parallel evolution of novelties: extremely long intromittent organs in the leaf beetle subfamily Criocerinae. Evol. Dev. 13(4), 305-315.

Onmaz, A.C., Beutel, R., Schneeberg, K., Pavalaoiu, A.N., Komarek, A., v.d. Hoven, R., 2013. Vectors and vector-borne diseases of horses. Vet. Res. Comm. 37(1), 65-81. 

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2013. The Strepsiptera-Odyssey - the history of the systematic placement of an enigmatic parasitic insect order. Entomologia 1(1), e4.

Anton, E., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The head morphology of Dascillus (L.) (Dascilloidea: Dascillidae) and GlaresisErichson (Scarabeoidea: Glaresidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Syst. Phyl.70(1), 3-42.

Bai, M., Beutel, R.G., Song, K.-Q., Liu, W.-G., Malqin, H., Li, Sh., Hu, X.-Y., Yang, X.-K., 2012 Evolutionary patterns of hind wing morphology in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae). Arthropod Str. Dev.41(5), 505-513.

Beutel, R.G., Kristensen, N.P., 2012. Morphology and insect systematics in the era of phylogenomics. Arthropod Str. Dev.41, 303-305.

Blanke, A., Wipfler, B., Letsch, H., Koch, M., Beutel, R., Misof, B., 2012. Revival of Palaeoptera – head characters support a monophyletic origin of Odonata and Ephemeroptera (Insecta). Cladistics 28(6), 560-581.

Blanke, A., Greve, C., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R., Holland, B., Misof, B., 2012. The identification of concerted convergence in insect heads corroborates Palaeoptera. Syst. Biol. 162 (2), 250-263.

Dallai, R., Mercati, D., Gottardo, M., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The fine structure of the female reproductive system of Zorotypus caudelli Karny (Zoraptera). Arthropod Str. Dev.41, 51-63.

Dallai, R., Mercati, D., Gottardo, M, Dossey, A.T., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The male and female reproductive systems of Zorotypus hubbardi Caudell, 1918 (Zoraptera). Arthropod Str. Dev.41(4), 337-359.

Fraulob, M. Wipfler, B., Hünefeld, F., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The larval abdomen of the enigmatic Nannochoristidae (Mecoptera, Insecta). Arthropod Str. Dev.41 (2), 187-198.

Ge, S.-Q., Daccordi, M., Beutel, R.G., Zhi, C.-J., Li, W-ZH., Yang, X.-K., 2012. Revision of the Eastern Asian genera Ambrostoma Motschulsky and Parambrostoma Chen (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Syst. Entomol.37, 332–345.

Ge, S.-Q., Wipfler, B., Pohl, H., Hua, Y., Ślipiński, A., Yang, X.-K., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The first complete 3D reconstruction of a Spanish Fly primary larva (Lytta vesicatoria, Meloidae, Coleoptera). PLOS ONE 7(12), e52511.

Hünefeld, F., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The female postabdomen of the enigmatic Nannochoristidae (Insecta: Mecopterida) and its phylogenetic significance. Acta Zool. 93, 231–238.

Hünefeld, F., Mißbach, C., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The morphology and evolution of the female postabdomen of Holometabola (Insecta). Arthropod Str. Dev.41(4), 361-371.

Jałoszyński, P., Beutel, R.G., 2012 Functional morphology and evolution of specialized mouthparts of Cephenniini (Scydmaeninae, Staphylinidae). Arthropod Str. Dev. 41(6), 593-607.

Koeth, M., Friedrich, F., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The thoracic skeleto-muscular system of Mengenilla(Strepsiptera: Mengenillidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Str. Dev. 41(4), 323-335.

Kukalová-Peck, J., Beutel, R.G., 2012. Is the Carboniferous †Adiphlebia lacoana really the “oldest beetle”? Critical reassessment and description of a new Permian beetle family. Eur. J. Entomol. 109(4), 633-645.

Letsch, H.O., Meusemann, K., Wipfler, B., Schütte, K., Beutel, R., Misof, B., 2012. Insect phylogenomics: results, problems and the impact of matrix composition. Proc. R. Soc. B 279 (1741), 3282-3290.

Niehuis, O., Hartig, G., Grath, S., Pohl, H., Lehmann, J., Tafer, H., Donath, A., Krauss, V., Eisenhardt, C., Hertel, J., Petersen, M., Mayer, C., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Stadler, P.F., Beutel, R.G., Bornberg-Bauer, E., McKenna, D.D., Misof, B., 2012. Genomic and morphological evidence converge to resolve the enigma of Strepsiptera. Curr. Biol. 22 (14), 1309-1313.

Pohl, H., Niehuis, O., Gloyna, K., Misof, B., Beutel, R.G., 2012. A new species of Mengenilla (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Tunisia. ZooKeys 198, 79.

Schneeberg, K., Friedrich, F., Courtney, G.W., Wipfler, B., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The larvae of Nymphomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta) – ancestral and highly derived? Arthropod Str. Dev.41(3), 293-301.

Trautwein, M.D., Wiegmann, B.M., Beutel, R., Kjer, K., Yeates, D.K., 2012. Advances in insect phylogeny at the dawn of the postgenomic era. An. Rev. Entomol. 57, 449-68.

Wipfler, B., Courtney, G.W., Craig, D.A, Beutel, R.G., 2012. First µ-CT based 3D reconstruction of a dipteran larva - the head morphology of Protanyderus (Tanyderidae) and its phylogenetic implications. J. Morph. 273(9), 968-980.

Anton, E., Niederegger, S., Beutel, R.G., 2011. Beetles and flies collected on pig carrion in an experimental setting in Thuringia and their forensic implications. Med. Vet. Entomol. 25(4), 353-364.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Hünefeld, F., Beckmann, F., Meier, R., Misof, B., Whiting, M.F., Vilhelmsen, L., 2011. Morphological and molecular evidence converging upon a robust phylogeny of the megadiverse Holometabola. Cladistics 26, 1-15.

Dallai, R., Mercati, D., Gottardo, M., Machida, R., Mashimo, Y., Beutel, R.G., 2011. The male reproductive system of Zorotypus caudelli Karny (Zoraptera): sperm structure and spermiogenesis. Arthropod Str. Dev.40 (6), 531-47.

Dressler, C., Ge, S.-Q., Beutel, R.G., 2011. Is Meru a specialised noterid (Coleoptera, Adephaga)? Syst. Entomol.36 (4), 705-712.

Friedemann, K. Wipfler, B., Bradler, S., Beutel, R. G., 2012. On the head morphology of Phyllium and the phylogenetic relationships of Phasmatodea (Insecta). Acta Zool. 93(2), 184-199.

Ge, S.-Q., Daccordi, M, Beutel, R.G., Li W.-Z., Yang, X.-K., 2011. Revision of the chrysomeline genera Potaninia, Suinzona and Taipinus (Coleoptera) from eastern Asia, with a biogeographic scenario for the Hengduan mountain region in south-western China. Syst. Entomol.36 (4), 644-671.

Ge, S.-Q., Hörnschemeyer, T., Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2011. Is Crowsoniella relicta really a cucujiform beetle? Syst. Entomol.36(1), 175-179.

*Hünefeld, F., Friedrich, F., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The phylogeny of Holometabola and the role of morphology in the age of phylogenomics. DGaaE Nachrichten Vol. 18 (2012).

Hünefeld, F., Marvaldi, A., Müller, B., Lawrence, J.F., Beutel, R.G., 2011. The male postabdomen of the "ancestral" archostematan beetle Tetraphalerus bruchi Heller, 1913 (Ommatidae) and its phylogenetic significance. Arthropod Str. Dev.40 (23), 146-158.

Hünefeld, F., Pohl, H., Wipfler. B., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2011. The male postabdomen and genital apparatus of †Mengea tertiaria, a strepsipteran amber fossil (Insecta). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 49(4), 298-308.

Jałoszyński, P., Hünefeld, F., & Beutel, R.G., 2011.  The evolution of “deformed” brains in ant-like stone beetles (Scydmaeninae, Staphylinidae). Arthropod Str. Dev.41(1):17-28.

Mashimo, Y., Machida, R., Dallai, R. Gottardo, M., Beutel, R.G., 2011. Egg structure of Zorotypus caudelli Karny (Insecta, Zoraptera, Zorotypidae).  Tiss. Cell 43 (4), 230-237.

Schneeberg, K., Courtney, G.W., Beutel, R.G., 2011. Adult head structures of Deuterophlebiidae (Insecta), a highly derived “ancestral” dipteran lineage. Arthropod Str. Dev.40(1), 93-104.

Spangenberg, R., Hünefeld, F., Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2012. The male postabdomen and reproductive system of Bibio marci Linnaeus, 1758 (Hexapoda: Diptera: Bibionidae). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 50(4), 264–288.

Wipfler, B., Machida, R., Müller, B., Beutel, R.G., 2011. On the head morphology of 0Grylloblattodea (Insecta) and the systematic position of the order – with a new nomenclature for the head muscles of Neoptera. Syst. Entomol.36, 241-266.

Zarinkamar, N., Yang, X., Bao, R., Friedrich, F., Beutel, R., Friedrich, M., 2011. The Pax gene eyegone facilitates repression of eye development in Tribolium. EvoDevo. 2 (1), 8.

Beutel, R.G, Zimmermann, D., Krauß, M., Randolf, S., Wipfler, B., 2010. Head morphology of Osmylus fulvicephalus (Osmylidae, Neuroptera) and its phylogenetic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 10, 311-329.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Aspöck, U., 2010. The larval head of Nevrorthidae and the phylogeny of Neuroptera (Insecta). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 158, 533–562.

Dressler, C., Beutel, R.G., 2010. The morphology and evolution of the adult head of Adephaga (Insecta, Coleoptera). Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 68, 239-287.

Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010b. Good bye Halteria? The thoracic morphology of Endopterygota (Insecta) and its phylogenetic implications. Cladistics 26, 579-612.

Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010a. The thoracic morphology of Nannochorista (Nannochoristidae) and its implications for the phylogeny of Mecoptera and Antliophora. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 48, 50-74.

Ge, S.-Q., Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010. On the systematic position and taxonomic rank of the extinct myxophagan †Haplochelus (Coleoptera). Insect Systematics and Evolution 41 (4), 329-338.

Pohl, H., Wipfler, B., Grimaldi, D., Beckmann, F., Beutel, R.G., 2010. Reconstructing the anatomy of the 42 million-year-old fossil †Mengea tertiara (Insecta, Strepsiptera). Naturwiss, 97, 855-859.

Polilov, A.A., Beutel, R.G., 2010. Developmental stages of the hooded beetle Sericoderus lateralis (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) with comments on the phylogenetic position and effects of miniaturization. Arthropod Str. Dev. 39, 52-69.

Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2010. The adult head structures of Tipulomorpha (Diptera, Insecta) and their phylogenetic implications. Acta Zool. 92 (4), 316-343.

*Beutel, R.G., Schneeberg, K., 2010. Beetles in Darwin’s life and work. Ann. Hist. and Philos. Biol. 15, 142-157.

Bernard, D., Ribera, I, Komarek, A., Beutel, R.B., 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) based on molecular data and morphological characters of adults and immature stages. Ins. Syst. Evol. 40, 3-41.

Beutel, R.G., Kristensen, N.-P., Pohl, H., 2009. Resolving insect phylogeny: The significance of cephalic structures of the Nannomecoptera in understanding endopterygote relationships. Arthropod Str. Dev. 38 (5), 427-460.

Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B., Friedrich, F., 2009. Darwin, Beetles and Phylogenetics. Naturwiss. 96, 1293-1312.

Bravo, F., Pohl, H., Neto, A., Beutel, R.G., 2009. Bahiaxenidae, a “living fossil” and a new family of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) discovered in Brazil. Cladistics 25, 614-623.

Eberhard, M.J.B, Pass, G., Picker, M.D., Beutel, R., Predel, R., Gorb, S.N., 2009. Structure and function of the arolium of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). J. Morph. 270 (10), 1247-1261.   

Friedrich, F., Farrell, B.D., Beutel, R.G., 2009. The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda). Cladistics 25, 1-37.

Neugart, C., Schneeberg, K., Beutel, R.G., 2009. The morphology of the larval head of Tipulidae (Diptera, Insecta) - the dipteran groundplan and evolutionary trends. Zool. Anz. 248, 215-235.

Osswald, J., Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2009. Extremely miniaturised and highly complex: The thoracic morphology of the first instar larva of Mengenilla chobauti (Insecta, Strepsiptera). Arthropod Str. Dev. 39 (4External link), 287-304.

Polilov, A.A., Beutel, R.G., 2009. Miniaturization effects in developmental stages of Mikado sp. (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), one of the smallest free-living insects. Arthropod Str. Dev. 38, 247-270.

Xiaoyun, Y., Weber, M., Zarin-Kamar, N., Posnien, N., Friedrich, F., Wiegand, B., Beutel, R., Damen, W., Bucher, G., Klingler, M., Friedrich, M., 2009. Probing the Drosophila retinal determination gene network in Tribolium (II): the Pax6 genes eyeless and twin of eyeless. Dev. Biol. 333 (1), 215-27.

Balke, M., Ribera, I., Beutel, R., Viloria, A., Garcia, M., Vogler, A.P., 2008. Systematic placement of the recently discovered beetle family Meruidae (Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea) based on molecular data. Zool. Scr. 37 (6),647-650.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., 2008. Comparative study of larval head structures of Megaloptera (Hexapoda). Eur. J. Entomol. 105, 917-938.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Whiting, M.F., 2008. Head morphology of Caurinus (Boreidae, Mecoptera) and its phylogenetic implications. Arthropod Str. Dev. 37, 418-433.

Beutel, R.G., Baum, E., 2008. A longstanding entomological problem finally solved? Head morphology of Nannochorista (Mecoptera, Insecta) and possible phylogenetic implications.  J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res.46 (4), 346-367.

Beutel, R.G., Krogmann, L., Vilhelmsen, L.T., 2008.  The larval head morphology of Xyela sp. (Xyelidae, Hymenoptera) and its phylogenetic implications. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 46(2), 118-132.

Beutel, R.G., Gorb, S., 2008. Evolutionary scenarios for unusual attachment devices of Phasmatodea and Mantophasmatodea (Insecta). Syst. Entomol. 33, 501-510.

Beutel, R.G., Ribera, I., Bininda-Emonds, O., 2008. A genus-level supertree of Adephaga (Coleoptera). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 7, 255-269.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., 2008. The phylogeny of Archostemata (Coleoptera) and new approaches in insect morphology. Entomol. Gen. 31 (2), 141-154.

Beutel, R.G., Ge, S.-Q., Yang, X.Q., 2008. The larval head of Raphidia (Raphidioptera, Insecta) and its phylogenetic significance. Zoology 11, 89-113.

Beutel, R.G., Ge, S.-Q., Hörnschemeyer, T., 2008. On the head morphology Tetraphalerus, the phylogeny of Archostemata and the basal branching events in Coleoptera. Cladistics 23, 1-29.

Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2008. The thorax of Zorotypus (Hexapoda, Zoraptera) and a new nomenclature for the musculature of Neoptera. Arthropod Str. Dev. 37, 29-54.

Krogmann, L., v. Knorre, D., Beutel, R.G., 2008. Die Chalcidoidea-Sammlung von Ferdinand Rudow (1840-1920) im Phyletischen Museum (Jena). Mitt. Hamburger zool. Mus. Inst. 104, 129-140.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2008. The evolution of Strepsiptera. Zoology 111, 318–338.

Vilhelmsen, L., Turrisi, G.F., Beutel, R.G., 2008.  Distal leg morphology, subgenual organs and host detection in Stephanidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). J. Nat. Hist. 42, 1649–1663.

Ge, S.-Q., Beutel, R.G., Yang, X.-K., 2007.  Thoracic morphology of adults of Derodontidae and Nosodendridae and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera). Syst. Entomol. 32, 635-667.

Komarek, A., Beutel, R.G., 2007. Problems in taxonomy and suggestions for a standardized description of new insect taxa. Entomol. Probl. 36 (2), 55-70.

Baum, E., Beutel, R.G., Hertel, W., 2007. The head capsule, central nervous system and head circulatory system of an aberrant orthopteran, Prosarthria teretrirostris (Caelifera, Hexapoda). Zoology 110, 147-160.

Beutel, R.G., Bocak, L., Bocakova, M., 2007. Are Polyphaga (Coleoptera) really a basal neopteran lineage - a reply to Kazantsev. Acta Zool. 88, 153-158.

Komarek, A., Beutel, R.G., 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Anacaenini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae) based on morphological characters of adults. Syst. Entomol. 32, 205-226.

*Knorre, D. v., Beutel, R., 2007. Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen im Phyletischen Museum in Jena. Beitr. Geol. Thüringen, NF 13, 61-72.

Beutel, R.G., Vilhelmsen, L.B., 2007. Head anatomy of Xyelidae (Hexapoda: Hymenoptera) and phylogenetic implications. Org. Divers. Evol. 7, 207-230.

Baum, E., Dressler, C., Beutel, R.G., 2007. Head structures of Karoophasma sp. (Mantophasmatodea) with phylogenetic implications. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 45, 104-119.

Anton, E., Beutel, R.G., 2006. On the head morphology of Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) and the systematic position of the family and suborder. Eur. J. Entomol. 103, 85-95.

Bernhard, D., Schmidt, C., Korte, A., Fritzsch, G., Beutel, R.G., 2006. From terrestrial to aquatic habitats and back again – molecular insights into the evolution and phylogeny of Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera) using multigene analyses. Zool. Scr. 35, (6) 597-306.

Beutel, R.G., Gorb, S., 2006. A revised interpretation of the evolution of attachment structures in Hexapoda (Arthropoda), with special emphasis on Mantophasmatodea. Arthropod Syst. Phyl. 64 (1), 3-25.

Beutel, R.G., Balke, M., Steiner, W.E., 2006. On the systematic position of Meruidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) and the phylogeny of the smaller hydradephagan families. Cladistics 22, 102-131.

Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2006. Endopterygote systematics - where do we stand and what is the goal (Hexapoda, Arthropoda). Syst. Entomol.31, 202-219.

Friedrich, F., Beutel, R.G., 2006. The pterothoracic skeletomuscular system of Scirtoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) and its implications for the relationships of the beetle suborders. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 44 (4), 290-315.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2005. The phylogeny of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda). Cladistics 21,1-47.

Hünefeld, F., Beutel, R.G., 2005. The sperm pumps of Strepsiptera and Antliophora (Hexapoda). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 43 (4), 297-306.

Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., Hünefeld, F., 2005. Strepsipteran brains and effects of miniaturisation. Arthropod Str. Dev. 34, 301-313.

Balke, M., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2005. The systematic position of Aspidytidae, the diversification of Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera, Adephaga) and the phylogenetic signal of third codon positions. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 43 (3), 223-242.

Beutel, R.G., & Friedrich, F., 2005. Comparative study of larvae of Tenebrionoidea (Cucujiformia, Coleoptera). Eur. J. Entomol. 102 (2), 241-164.

Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B., 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults. Syst. Entomol. 30, 510-548.

Beutel, R.G., & Weide, D., 2005. Cephalic anatomy of Zorotypus hubbardi (Hexapoda: Zoraptera): New evidence for a relationship with Acercaria. Zoomorph. 124, 121-136.

Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2005. Head structures of males of Strepsiptera (Hexapoda) with emphasis on basal splitting events within the Order. J. Morph. 244, 1-14.

Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Cortés-Aguilar, J., Beutel, R.G., 2005. New findings on the enigmatic beetle family Lepiceridae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Entomol. Abh. 62 (2), 193-201.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., Kinzelbach, R., 2005. Protoxenidae fam. n. (Insecta, Strepsiptera) from Baltic amber – a ‘missing link’ in strepsipteran phylogeny. Zool. Scr. 31 (1), 123-134.

Alarie, Y., Beutel, R.G., Watts, C.H.S., 2004. Larval morphology of three species of Hygrobiidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscoidea) with phylogenetic considerations. Eur. J. Entomol. 101, 293-311.

 Beutel, R.G., 2004. Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Systematik der Hexapoda (Arthropoda). Entomol. heute 16, 21-50.

 Anton, E., & Beutel, R.G., 2004. On the head morphology and systematic position of Helophorus (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Helophoridae). Zool. Anz. 242, 313-346.

Beutel, R.G., Komarek, A., 2004. Comparative study of thoracic structures of adults of Hydrophiloidea and Histeroidea with phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Polyphaga). Org. Divers. Evol. 4, 1-34.

Korte, A., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., Bernhard, D., 2004. Interrelationships of Staphyliniform groups inferred from 18S and 28S rDNA sequences, with special emphasis on Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera, Staphyliniformia). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 42 (4), 281-288.

Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G., 2004. Ocellar atavism in Coleoptera: plesiomorphy or apomorphy? J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 42 (1), 63-69.

Pohl, H., Beutel, R.G., 2004. Fine structure of adhesive devices of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Str. Dev. 33, 31-43.

Balke, M., Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2003. Dytiscoidea incertae sedis: Aspidytes wrasei gen.n, sp.n. – An enigmatic new adephagan beetle discovered in Shaanxi, China (Coleoptera). Water Beetles of China III, Vol. LII, 53-66.

Beutel, R.G., Anton, E., Jäch, M.A., 2003. On the evolution of adult head structures and the phylogeny of Hydraenidae (Coleoptera, Staphyliniformia). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res.  41 (4), 256-275.

Beutel, R.G., Raffaini, G.B., 2003. A new record of Sphaeriusidae for Argentina (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Coleopt. Rdsch. 73, 1-6.

Schunger, I., Beutel, R.G., Britz, R., 2003. Morphology of immature stages of Prostomis mandibularis (Prostomidae, Tenebrionoidea, Coleoptera). Eur. J. Entomol. 100, 357-370.

Beutel, R.G., Hörnschemeyer, T., 2002b. Description of the larva of Rhipsideigma raffrayi (Coleoptera, Archostemata), with phylogenetic and functional implications. Eur. J. Entomol. 99, 53-66.

Beutel, R.G., Hörnschemeyer, T., 2002a. Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Micromalthus debilisLeConte (Coleoptera: Micromalthidae). Syst. Entomol. 27 (2), 169-190.

Gorb, S., Beutel, R.G, Gorb, E.V., Jiao, Y., Kastner, V., Niederegger, S., Popov, V.L., Scherge, M., Schwarz, U., Vötsch, W., 2002. Structural design and biomechanics of friction-related releasable attachment devices in insects. Integr. Compar. Biol. 42, 1127-1139.

Grebennikov, V.V., Beutel, R.G., 2002. Morphology of the minute larva of Ptinella tenella, with special reference to effects of miniaturisation and the systematic position of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea). Arthropod Str. Dev.31, 157-172.

Hörnschemeyer, T., Beutel, R.G., Pasop, F., 2002. Head structures of Priacma serrata Leconte (Coleoptera, Archostemata) inferred from x-ray tomography. J. Morph. 252 (3), 298-314.

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., Balke, M., Vogler, A.P., 2002. Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera. Proc. R. Soc., London 269, 2351-2157.

Beutel, R.G., Gorb, S., 2001. Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny. . Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 39 (4), 177-207.

Beutel, R.G., Ślipiński, S.A., 2001. Comparative study of larval head structures of Sphindidae and Protocucujidae (Cucujoidea, Coleoptera). Eur. J. Entomol. 98, 219-232.

Gorb, S., Beutel, R.G., 2001. Evolution of locomotory attachment pads of hexapods. Naturwiss. 88, 530-534.

Haas, F., Beutel, R.G., 2001. Control of wing folding and the functional morphology of the wing base in Coleoptera. Zoology 104, 81-168.

Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G., 2001. Pseudotracheal tubes, larval head, and mycophagy in Sepedophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 39 (1-2), 14-25.

Beutel, R.G., Haas, F., 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the suborders of Coleoptera (Insecta). Cladistics 16, 103-141.

Beutel, R.G., Pollock, D.A., 2000. Larval head morphology of Phycosecis litoralis  (Pascoe) (Coleoptera, Phycosecidae) with phylogenetic implications. Invert. Tax. 14, 825-835.

Beutel, R.G., Weide, D. & Bernhard, D. 2000. Characters of the larval head of Mycetina cruciata (Schaller) (Coleoptera; Endomychidae) and their phylogenetic implications. Ann. Zoologici 50 (1), 7-14.

Gorb, S., Beutel, R.G., 2000. Head-capsule design and mandible control in beetle larvae: a three-dimensional approach. J. Morph. 244, 1-14.

Jäch, M. A., Beutel, R. Díaz, J.A., Kodada, J., 2000. Subgeneric classification of Hydraena Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 102B, 177-258.

Beutel, R.G., 1999c. Morphology and evolution of the larval head structures of Hydrophiloidea and Histeroidea (Coeloptera: Staphylinidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 142, 9-30.

Beutel, R.G., 1999b. Phylogenetic analysis of Myxophaga (Coleoptera) with a redescription of Lepicerus horni(Lepiceridae). Zool, Anz. 237, 291-308.

Beutel, R.G., 1999a. Description of the larva of Satonius kurosawai (Sato, 1982) (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae). Water Beetles of China 2, 53-59.

Beutel, R.G.,1998. Trachypachidae and the phylogeny of Adephaga (Coleoptera). Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea. XXI I.C.E. (1996, Firenze). Museo regionale de Scienze Naturali Torino, Atti 1998, 81-106.

Beutel, R.G., Haas, A., 1998. Larval head morphology of Hydroscapha natans LeConte, 1874 (Coleoptera, Myxophaga, Hydroscaphidae) with special reference to miniaturization. Zoomorph. 18, 103-116.

Beutel, R.G., Maddison D. R., Haas, A., 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of Myxophaga (Coleoptera) using larval characters. Syst. Entomol. 24, 1-23.

Beutel, R.G., 1997. Über Phylogenese und Evolution der Coleoptera (Insecta), insbesondere der Adephaga. Verh. Naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg NF 31, 1-164.

Beutel, R., Molenda, R., 1997. Comparative morphological study of larvae of Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) with phylogenetic implications. Zool. Anz. 236, 37-67.

Beutel, R.G., Haas, A., 1996.  Phylogenetic analysis of larval and adult characters of Adephaga (Coleoptera) using cladistic computer programs. Entomol. Scand. 27, 197-205.

Beutel, R.G. 1996. Study of the larva of Nosodendron fasciculare (Olivier 1790) (Coleoptera: Nosodendridae) with implications to the phylogeny of Bostrichiformia. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 34, 121-134.

Arndt, E., Beutel, R.G., 1995. Larval morphology of Systolosoma Solier and Trachypachus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae) with phylogenetic consideration. Entomol. Scand. 26, 439-446.

Beutel, R.G., 1995b. Phylogenetic analysis of Elateriformia (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) based on larval characters. J. Zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 33, 145-171.

Beutel, R.G., 1995a. The Adephaga (Coleoptera): phyloge­netic analysis and thoughts on the evolutionary history. In: Pakaluk, J., Ślipiński, S.A. (Eds.), Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, pp. 173-217.

Arndt, E., Beutel, R.G., 1994. Descriptions of the larvae of Paussus (Klugipaussus) aff. distinguendus Reichensberger and P. (Lineatopaussus) afzelii Westwood (Carabidae) with phyloge­netic considerations. Elytron 8, 129-139.

Beutel, R.G., 1994 Phylogenetic analysis of Hydrophi­loidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga:  Staphyliniformia) based on characters of the head of adults and larvae. Koleopt. Rdsch. 64, 103-131.

Beutel, R.G., 1994b. Study on the systematic position of Systolosoma breve Solier (Adephaga: Trachypachidae) based on characters of the thorax. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 29 (3), 161-167.

Beutel, R.G., 1994a. On the systematic position of Hydrotrupes palpalis Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquat. Ins. 16, 157-164.

Beutel, R.G., Jäch, M., 1994. Untersuchungen über die Propleura der Hydraenidae (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia). Z. Arbeitsgem. Österr. Entomologen 47 Jg. (1/2), 59-63).

Beutel, R.G., Roughley, R.E., 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of Gyrinidae based on characters of the larval head (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Entomol. Scand. 24, 459-468.

Beutel, R.G., 1993. Phylogenetic analysis of Adephaga (Coleoptera) based on characters of the larval head. Syst. Entomol. 18, 127-147.

Arndt, E., Beutel, R.G., Joost, W., 1992. Description of the larva of Andogyrus buqueti (Aube; 1838) (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 28, 139-144.

Beutel, R.G., 1992e. Larval head structures of Licinus silphoides Rossi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and their phylogenetic impli­cations. Ent. Basiliensia 15, 169-194.

Beutel, R.G., 1992d. External and internal structures of the head of 3rd instar larvae of Carabus coriaceus F. (Adephaga: Carabi­dae). Ent. Basiliensia 15, 147-168.

Beutel, R.G., 1992c. Study on the systematic position of Metriini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) based on characters of the larval head. Syst. Entomol. 17, 207-218.

Beutel, R.G., 1992b. On the morphology of the head of the larva of Omoglymmius hamatus (LeConte) and the systematic position of Rhysodidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Entomol. Scand. 23, 169-184. 

Beutel, R.G., 1992a. Phylogenetic analysis of thoracic structures of Carabidae (Coleoptera). J. zool. Syst. Evolut. Res. 30, 53-74.

Beutel, R.G., 1991b. Larval head structures of Omophron and their implications for the relationships of Omophronini (Coleoptera:   Carabidae). Entomol. Scand. 22, 55-67.

Beutel, R.G., 1991a. Internal and external structures of the head of 3 rd instar larvae of Amphizoa lecontei Matthews (Coleoptera: Amphizoidae). A contribution towards clarification of the systematic position of Amphizoidae. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. (A) 469, 1-24.

Beutel, R.G., 1990b. Metathoracic features of Omoglymmius hamatus and their significance for classification of Rhysodini (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Entomol. Gen. 15 (3), 185-201.

Beutel, R.G. 1990a. Phylogenetic analysis of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) based on meso- and metathoracic characters. Quaest. entomol. 26, 163-191.

Beutel, R.G., Ruhnau, S., 1990. Phylogenetic analysis of the ge­nera of Haliplidae (Coleoptera) based on characters of adults. Aquat. Ins. 12 (1), 1-17.

Beutel, R.G., 1989b. The prothorax of Spanglerogyrus albiventris Folkerts, 1979 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). Contribution towards clarification of the phylogeny of Gyrinidae. Entomologica Basi­liensia 13, 151-173.

Beutel, R.G., 1989a. The head of Spanglerogyrus albiventris Fol­kerts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Contribution towards clarifica­tion of the phylogeny of Gyrinidae and Adephaga. Zool. Jb. Anat. 118,431-461.

Beutel, R.G., 1988. Studies of the metathorax of the trout-stream beetle, Amphizoa lecontei Matthews (Coleoptera: Amphizoidae): Contribution towards clarification of the systematic position of Amphizoidae. Int. J. Ins. Morph. Embryol. 17 (1), 63-81.

Beutel, R.G., Roughley, R.E., 1988. On the systematic position of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-Forsch. 26, 380-400.

Beutel, R.G., Roughley, R.E., 1987. On the systematic position of the genus Notomicrus Sharp (Hydradephaga, Coleoptera). Can. J. Zool. 65, 1898-1905.

Beutel, R., Belkaceme, T., 1986. Comparative studies on the meta­thorax of Hydradephaga and Trachypachidae. Entomol. Basili­ensia 11, 221-229.

*Beutel, R., 1986b. Skelet und Muskulatur des Kopfes der Larve von Haliplus lineatocollis Mrsh. (Coleoptera). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. (A) 390, 1-15.

*Beutel, R., 1986a. Skelet und Muskulatur des Kopfes und Thorax von Hygrobia tarda (Herbst). Ein Beitrag zur Klärung der phylogene­tischen Beziehungen der Hydradephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. (A) 388, 1-54.

Beutel, R.G., & Leschen, R.A.B. (vol. eds), 2016. Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim), 2^nd ed. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F., Ge, S.-Q., & Yang, X.-K., 2014. Insect Morphology and Phylogeny. A Textbook for Students of Entomology. De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Leschen, R.A.B., & Beutel, R.G. (vol. eds), 2014. Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F. (vol. eds), 2010. Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Cucujifomia excl. Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (vol. eds), 2005. Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Jandausch, K., 2019. 3.3.9. Digestive system. In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Fabian, B., Pohl, H., Friedrich, F., 2019. 2.4. Morphology of larvae. In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F. (Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Russell, L.K., Beutel, R.G., 2019. 2.1. Taxonomoy and distribution. In: Beutel, R.G., Friedrich, F. (Eds.)  Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Nannomecoptera and Neomecoptera. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Archangelsky, M., Beutel, R.G., Komarek, A., 2016. 12. Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802. Pp. 231-272. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). 2^nd Ed. Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Arndt, E., Beutel, R.G., Will, K., 2016. 7.8. Carabidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1, 2^nd edition: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Arce-Pérez, R. 2016. 6.3. Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (Jäch 1999) (= Microsporidae). In : Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1, 2^ndedition: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2014. 28. Hexapods. Pp. 338-351 In: Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (Eds.), The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2014. Coleopterans. Pp. 408-419 In: Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (Eds.), The Tree of Life. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Beutel, R.G., Pohl, H., 2013. Insecta (Hexapoda). In: Westheide, W., Rieger, R. (Eds.) Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1. Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere. Elsevier Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, München.

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2012. Capítulo 28. Héxapodos. Pp. 280-291 In: Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (Eds.), El Árbol de la Vida: Systemática y evolución de los seres vivos. Impulso Global Solutions, Madrid.

Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., 2012. Capítulo 31. Coleópteros. Pp. 312-321 In: Vargas, P., Zardoya, R. (Eds.), El Árbol de la Vida: Systemática y evolución de los seres vivos. Impuslo Global Solutions, Madrid.

Beutel, R.G., Balke, M., Ribera, I. 2010. 3.1. Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002. In: Leschen, R.A.B, Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F.  (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Cucujifomia excl. Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Balke, M., Ribera, I., 2010. 3.1. Aspidytidae Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002. In: Leschen, R.A.B, Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Cucujifomia excl. Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Lawrence, J. F., Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B., Ślipiński, S.A., 2010. 2. Glossary of morphological terms. In: Leschen, R.A.B, Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Cucujifomia excl. Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Leschen, R.A.B., Beutel, R.G., 2010. 14. Elateriformia. Introduction, Phylogeny. In Beutel, R.G.& Leschen, R.A.B (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Seago, A., Beutel, R.G., 2010. 11.15. Prostomidae G.G. Thomson, 1859 Spangler & Steiner 2005. In: Leschen, R.A.B, Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J. F.  (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 39. Coleoptera, Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Cucujifomia excl. Phytophaga). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Vanin, S.A., 2005. 6.2. Torridincolidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Vanin, S.A., Beutel, R.G., Arce-Pérez, R., 2005. 6.4. Hydroscaphidae. In Beutel, R.G.& Leschen, R.A.B (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Archangelsky, M., Beutel, R.G., Komarek, A., 2005. 10. Hydrophiloidea. Introduction, Phylogeny. 10.1. Hydrophilidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Arce-Pérez, R., Navarete-Heredia, J.L., Beutel, R.G., 2005. 6.1. Lepiceridae. In Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Arndt, E., Beutel, R.G., Will, K., 2005. 7.8. Carabidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., 2005. 1. Systematic position and early evolution. 4. Morphology. 6. Myxophaga. Introduction, Phylogeny. 7.9. Rhysodidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Arce-Pérez, R., 2005. 6.3. Sphaeriusidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Arndt, E., 2005. 7.7. Trachypachidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B.  (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J. F., 2005. 4. Morphology. In: Beutel, R.G.& Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Eds.), 2005. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Band/Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 38. Handbook of Zoology. Berlin, New York, De Gruyter.

Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B., 2005. 8. Polyphaga. Introduction, Phylogeny. 9. Staphyliniformia. Introduction, Phylogeny. 18.10. Chelonariidae. In:  Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.). Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Ribera, I., 2005. 7. Adephaga. Introduction, Phylogeny. In: Beutel, R.G.,  Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., Roughley, R.E., 2005. 7.1. Gyrinidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B. (Vol. Eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Jäch, M., Beutel, R.G., Delgado, J.A., Díaz, J.A., 2005. 11.1. Hydraenidae. In: Beutel, R.G., Leschen, R.A.B.  (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of Zoology, Vol. IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga (partim). Walter De Gruyter, Berlin, New York.

Beutel, R.G., 2002. Coleoptera. Archostemata. Adephaga. Myxophaga. In: Dathe, J.H. (Ed.), Lehrbuch der Speziellen Zoologie. Begründet von Alfred Kästner. Band I: Wirbellose Tiere, 5. Teil: Insecta. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag GMBH, Heidelberg, Berlin.