Palophaginae

Palophaginae is a small beetle subfamily within the family Megalopodidae.[2] It contains four species in three genera:[3]

  • 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

Palophaginae
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Palophaginae

Kuschel and May, 1990 [1]

References

  1. "Palophaginae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 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.
  3. Megalopodidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.


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