Palophaginae

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Palophaginae
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Palophaginae
Kuschel & May, 1990[1]

Palophaginae is a small beetle subfamily within the family Megalopodidae. It contains two tribes, with five species in four genera:[2][3][4]

  • Tribe Kuschel & May, 1990
    • Genus Crowson, 1946
      • Crowson, 1946
    • Genus Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996
      • Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996
    • Genus Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
      • Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
      • Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990
  • Tribe † Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021[4]
    • Genus † Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021
      • Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Palophaginae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b 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: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press: 1–7. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1987428. S2CID 243581689.


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