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Short description: Genus of beetles

Austroplatypus
Austroplatypus incompertus female.jpg
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Platypodinae
Tribe: Platypodini
Genus: Austroplatypus
Browne, 1971

Austroplatypus is a genus of weevils native to Australia that includes Austroplatypus incompertus, the first beetle to be recognized as a eusocial insect. Members of the genus live in eucalypt trees and their fungal galleries can persist for decades because the host tree is not being killed.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4825761 entry