Palophaginae is a small beetle subfamily within the family Megalopodidae. It contains two tribes, with five species in four genera:[2][3][4]
- Tribe Palophagini Kuschel & May, 1990
- Genus Cucujopsis Crowson, 1946
- Cucujopsis setifer Crowson, 1946
- Genus Palophagoides Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996
- Palophagoides vargasorum Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996
- Genus Palophagus Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
- Palophagus australiensis Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
- Palophagus bunyae Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
- Genus Cucujopsis Crowson, 1946
- Tribe †Lobanoviellini Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021[4] Baltic amber, Eocene
- Genus †Lobanoviella Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021
- †Lobanoviella andreyi Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021
- Genus †Lobanoviella Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021
References
- ^ G. Kuschel; B. M. May (1990). "Palophaginae, a new subfamily for leaf-beetles, feeding as adult and larva on Araucarian pollen in Australia (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 665 (6): 697–719. doi:10.1071/IT9890697.
- ^ "Palophaginae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa. 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3. PMID 30313186. S2CID 52977359.
- ^ a b Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Reid, C. A. M. (2022). "Lobanoviella andreyi, new genus and species of Lobanoviellini trib. nov. in the subfamily Palophaginae (Coleoptera, Megalopodidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber, with discussion of similarity with Phloeostichidae". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 34 (9): 1894–1900. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1987428. S2CID 243581689.
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