Boganiidae

Boganiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] Members of the family are found in southern Africa, Australia and New Caledonia. Adults and larvae are pollenivorous, feeding on the pollen of cycads and Myrtaceae, Meliaceae, Cunoniaceae and Elaeocarpaceae angiosperms.[3] Metacucujus and Paracucujus act as pollinators for cycads Encephalartos and Macrozamia respectively. This association with cycads goes back to at least the Mid-Cretaceous, with an extinct form being found with preserved cycad pollen in 99 million year old Burmese amber.[4]

Boganiidae Temporal range: Callovian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966
Subfamilies
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Subfamilies and genera

• †Palaeoboganium Liu et al. 2017[5] Daohugou, China, Callovian
• Subfamily Boganiinae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1966
  • Afroboganium Endrödy-Younga & Crowson, 1986 Africa
  • Boganium Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 Australia
  • †Cretoboganium Cai and Huang 2018[6] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• Paracucujinae Endrödy-Younga & Crowson, 1986
  • Athertonium Crowson, 1990 Australia
  • †Cretoparacucujus Cai & Escalona, 2018[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Dzumacium Escalona, Lawrence, Wanat & Ślipiński, 2015 New Caledonia
  • Metacucujus Endrödy-Younga & Crowson, 1986 Africa
  • Paracucujus Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 Australia

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2009-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
3. Escalona, Hermes E.; Lawrence, John F.; Wanat, Marek; Ślipiński, Adam (July 2015). "Phylogeny and placement of Boganiidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) with a review of Australian and New Caledonian taxa: Phylogeny of Boganiidae". Systematic Entomology. 40 (3): 628–651. doi:10.1111/syen.12126.
4. Cai, Chenyang; Escalona, Hermes E.; Li, Liqin; Yin, Ziwei; Huang, Diying; Engel, Michael S. (September 2018). "Beetle Pollination of Cycads in the Mesozoic". Current Biology. 28 (17): 2806–2812.e1. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.036.
5. Liu, Zhenhua; Ślipiński, Adam; Lawrence, John F.; Ren, Dong; Pang, Hong (2018-03-16). "Palaeoboganium gen. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Boganiidae): the first cycad pollinators?". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 351–360. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1304459. ISSN 1477-2019.
6. Cai, Chenyang; Huang, Diying (February 2019). "First boganiine beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Boganiidae)". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (1): 81–86. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.09.004.