Ascioplaga

Ascioplaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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 within the suborder Archostemata. The genus contains two species endemic to New Caledonia and one described from northern Queensland in Australia.

The Australian species, Ascioplaga scalena, was originally described as a species of Adinolepis, and was transferred to Ascioplaga in 2009. Research on this species’ internal head anatomy, specifically mouthparts and musculature, clarified evolutionary aspects of this species and its deeper role in the order Coleoptera.^{[clarification needed]}

References

1 2 Hörnschemeyer, Thomas; Goebbels, Jürgen; Weidemann, Gerd; Faber, Cornelius; Haase, Axel (2006). "The head morphology of Ascioplaga mimeta (Coleoptera: Archostemata) and the phylogeny of Archostemata". European Journal of Entomology. 103 (2): 409–423. doi:10.14411/eje.2006.055.
↑ 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] 1 2 Hörnschemeyer, Thomas; Goebbels, Jürgen; Weidemann, Gerd; Faber, Cornelius; Haase, Axel (2006). "The head morphology of Ascioplaga mimeta (Coleoptera: Archostemata) and the phylogeny of Archostemata". European Journal of Entomology. 103 (2): 409–423. doi:10.14411/eje.2006.055.

[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.