''Podabrocephalus'' is an enigmatic monotypic genus in the family
Ptilodactylidae. 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 (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described.
Most species are characterized by anten ...
,[ 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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