Prometopinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nitiduloidea

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 Superfamilia: Nitiduloidea

Familia: Nitidulidae
Subfamilia: Prometopinae
Genera (9): Axyra – Megauchenia – Megaucheniodes – Parametopia – Platychora – Prometopia – Pseudoplatychora – Taraphia – †Palaeometopia

Name

Prometopinae Böving & Craighead, 1931: 37 [in key]

Type genus: Prometopia Erichson, 1843.

References

Primary references

• Böving, A.G. & Craighead, F.C. 1931. An illustrated synopsis of the principal larval forms of the order Coleoptera. Entomologica Americana (New Series) 11: 1–351. BHL Reference page. 
• Cline, A.R., Smith, T.R., Miller, K., Moulton, M., Whiting, M. & Audisio, P. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 39(4): 758–772. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12084 . PDF. Reference page.  [stat. nov.]

Additional references

• Dasgupta, J., Pal, T.K. & Hegde, V.D. 2015. Review of the Megauchenia Macleay of India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Prometopinae). Zootaxa 4058(4): 551–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.