Ascioplaga

Ascioplaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Archostemata
Family:	Cupedidae
Genus:	Ascioplaga; Neboiss, 1984
Species
	Ascioplaga mimeta Neboiss, 1984; Ascioplaga scalena (Neboiss, 1984); Ascioplaga sciasma Neboiss, 1984;

Ascioplaga is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae, one of the six extant families within the Archostemata beetle group. ^[1].containing two species endemic to New Caledonia and one described from northern Queensland in Australia.^[2]^[3]. The Australian species, Ascioplaga scalena, was originally described as a species of Adinolepis, and was transferred to Ascioplaga in 2009.^[4] Research on this species’ internal head anatomy, specifically mouthparts and musculature, clarified evolutionary aspects of this species and its deeper role in the Coleoptera group. ^[1].

References

^ ^a ^b HÖRNSCHEMEYER, Thomas; GOEBBELS, JÜRGEN; WEIDEMANN, GERD; FABER, CORNELIUS; HAASE, AXEL (2006). "The head morphology of Ascioplaga mimeta (Coleoptera: Archostemata) and the phylogeny of Archostemata" (PDF).
^ Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. S2CID 92211457.
^ Lawrence, J.F.; Escalona, H.E. (2019). "3. Cupedidae Laporte, 1836". In Ślipiński, A.; Lawrence, J.F. (eds.). Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. pp. 8–12. ISBN 9780643097315.
^ Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 533–558. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..533H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x. S2CID 84795808.

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[:0-1] HÖRNSCHEMEYER, Thomas; GOEBBELS, JÜRGEN; WEIDEMANN, GERD; FABER, CORNELIUS; HAASE, AXEL (2006). "The head morphology of Ascioplaga mimeta (Coleoptera: Archostemata) and the phylogeny of Archostemata" (PDF).

[2] Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M.; López-Pérez, S. (2019). "A new reticulated beetle (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) from Mexico with a catalogue of Cupedidae species of the world". Zootaxa. 4567 (1): 147–160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.8. S2CID 92211457.

[3] Lawrence, J.F.; Escalona, H.E. (2019). "3. Cupedidae Laporte, 1836". In Ślipiński, A.; Lawrence, J.F. (eds.). Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. pp. 8–12. ISBN 9780643097315.

[4] Hörnschemeyer, T. (2009). "The species-level phylogeny of archostematan beetles-where do Micromalthus debilis and Crowsoniella relicta belong?". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 533–558. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..533H. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00476.x. S2CID 84795808.

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