Magnocoleidae is an extinct family of beetles in the suborder

Archostemata The Archostemata are the smallest suborder of beetles, consisting 45 living species in five families. They are an ancient lineage with a number of primitive characteristics. Antennae may be thread-shaped (filiform) or like a string of beads (mon ...

. It was first described in 1998 by Hong, who attributes a single genus, ''Magnocoleus'', to this family. The genus contains a single species ''Magnocoleus huangjiapuensis''. The species was extant during the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

between 130.0 and 125.45 Mya.

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Archostemata

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Cretaceous insects of Asia Prehistoric insect genera {{cretaceous-insect-stub