Palophaginae

Palophagus bunyae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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 . 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 . 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