Ascioplaga
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| Ascioplaga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Archostemata |
| Family: | Cupedidae |
| Genus: | Ascioplaga Neboiss, 1984 |
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Ascioplaga is a genus of beetles in the family Cupedidae, one of the six extant families within the Archostemata beetle group.[1] The genus contains 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]
