Boganiidae is a family of beetles, in the superfamily Cucujoidea. 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 flowering plants of the families Myrtaceae, Meliaceae, Cunoniaceae and Elaeocarpaceae.[1] 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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Boganiidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966 |
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Subfamilies and genera
edit- †Palaeoboganium Liu et al. 2017[3] Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (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[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- Paracucujinae Endrödy-Younga & Crowson, 1986
- Athertonium Crowson, 1990 Australia
- †Cretoparacucujus Cai & Escalona, 2018[2] 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
edit- ^ 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. S2CID 86733223.
- ^ a b 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. PMID 30122529.
- ^ 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. S2CID 90279204.
- ^ 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. hdl:1983/aa67ee65-98bb-475c-9b23-5fb03e8715d6. S2CID 133990075.
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