''Podabrocephalus'' is an enigmatic monotypic genus in the family
Ptilodactylidae
Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia. There around 500 extant species in 35 genera. They are generally associated with riparian and aquatic habitats. The larvae generally live associated with rotting wood or veg ...
. For decades it had historically been placed in its own family, Podabrocephalidae,
[ or sometimes included in the highly diverse family ]Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...
,[ but more recent analyses firmly place it within Ptilodactylidae.][Kundrata, R., M. A. Ivie, and L. Bocak. 2019. ''Podabrocephalus'' Pic is the morphologically modified lineage of Ptilodactylinae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia: Ptilodactylidae). Insect Syst. Evol. 50: 147–161.] Its only species is ''Podabrocephalus sinuaticollis'', known from southern India.[
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References
Byrrhoidea
Byrrhoidea genera
Monotypic Elateriformia genera
Beetles of Asia
Taxa named by Maurice Pic
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