Palophaginae is a small beetle subfamily within the family

Megalopodidae The Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, has also frequently been treated as a subfamily within Chrysomelidae. The fami ...

. It contains two tribes, with five species in four genera: * Tribe Palophagini Kuschel & May, 1990 ** Genus '' Cucujopsis'' Crowson, 1946 *** '' Cucujopsis setifer'' Crowson, 1946 ** Genus '' Palophagoides'' Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996 *** '' Palophagoides vargasorum'' Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1996 ** Genus '' Palophagus'' Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990 *** '' Palophagus australiensis'' Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990 *** '' Palophagus bunyae'' Kuschel in Kuschel & May, 1990 * Tribe † Lobanoviellini Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

** Genus †'' Lobanoviella'' Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021 *** †'' Lobanoviella andreyi'' Kirejtshuk & Reid, 2021

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Megalopodidae Beetle subfamilies {{Megalopodidae-stub