| Austroplatypus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| 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.
References
- Science: The Australian beetle that behaves like a bee
- Kent, D. S., and J. A. Simpson 1992. Eusociality in the beetle Austroplatypus incompertus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Naturwissenschaften 79:86-87.
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