Austroplatypus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Platypodinae
Tribus: Platypodini
Genus: Austroplatypus
Species: A. incompertus
References

Browne F.G. 1971: Austroplatypus, a new genus of the Platypodidae (Coleoptera) infesting living Eucalyptus trees in Australia. Commonwealth forestry review, 50: 49–50.
Kent, D.S. 2010: The external morphology of Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Platypodinae). In: Cognato, A.I.; Knížek, M. (eds.) Sixty years of discovering scolytine and platypodine diversity: A tribute to Stephen L. Wood. ZooKeys, 56: 121–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.56.521

Austroplatypus is a genus of weevils native to Australia that includes Austroplatypus incompertus, the first beetle to be recognized as a eusocial insect. Members of the genus live in eucalypt trees and their fungal galleries can persist for decades because the host tree is not being killed.[1][2]
References

Science: The Australian beetle that behaves like a bee
Kent, D. S., and J. A. Simpson 1992. Eusociality in the beetle Austroplatypus incompertus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Naturwissenschaften 79:86-87.