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
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea
Familia:Megalopodidae
Subfamilia: Palophaginae
Tribus: Palophagini – †Lobanoviellini
Overview of genera
Cucujopsis – Palophagoides – Palophagus – †Lobanoviella
Name
Palophaginae Kuschel & May, 1990: 699
Type genus: Palophagus Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
References
Primary references
Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1990. Palophaginae, a new subfamily for leaf-beetles, feeding as adult and larva on araucarian pollen in Australia (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(6): 697–719. DOI: 10.1071/IT9890697 Paywall. Reference page.
Additional references
Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 2021. 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 34(9): 1894–1900. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1987428 Paywall. Reference page.
Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1990. Palophaginae, their systematic position and biology. Pp. 173–185. in: Jolivet, P.H.A.; Cox, M.L. (eds.) Chrysomelidae biology Vol. 3. Amsterdam, SPB Publishing.
Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1996. Discovery of Palophaginae (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae) on Araucaria araucana in Chile and Argentina. New Zealand Entomologist 19(1): 1–13. Abstract (with PDF download).
Links
Australian Faunal Directory
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
Tribe †Lobanoviellini Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021[4]
Genus †Lobanoviella Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021
†Lobanoviella andreyi 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.
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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