{{Short description|Extinct genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Hettangian|Turonian}} | image = Allophalerus latus.png | image_caption = ''Allophalerus latus'' | taxon = Allophalerus | authority = Kirejtshuk, 2020 }}
'''''Allophalerus''''' is an extinct genus of beetle in the family Ommatidae. It is known from nine species formerly included in the genus ''Tetraphalerus''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirejtshuk|first=Alexander G.|date=2020-02-17|title=Taxonomic Review of Fossil Coleopterous Families (Insecta, Coleoptera). Suborder Archostemata: Superfamilies Coleopseoidea and Cupedoidea|journal=Geosciences|volume=10|issue=2|pages=73|doi=10.3390/geosciences10020073|issn=2076-3263|doi-access=free|bibcode=2020Geosc..10...73K }}</ref>
== Systematics ==
* †''Allophalerus antiquus'' (Ponomarenko 1964) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus aphaleratus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, Pliensbachian * †''Allophalerus bontsaganensis'' (Ponomarenko 1997) Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * †''Allophalerus incertus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Dzhil Formation, Kyrgyzstan, Hettangian * †''Allophalerus latus'' (Tan et al. 2007) Yixian Formation, China, Aptian * †''Allophalerus maximus'' (Ponomarenko 1968) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus okhotensis'' (Ponomarenko 1993) Emanra Formation, Russian Federation, Turonian * †''Allophalerus tenuipes'' (Ponomarenko 1964) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian * †''Allophalerus verrucosus'' (Ponomarenko 1966) Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
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Category:Ommatidae Category:Fossil taxa described in 2020 Category:Fossil beetle genera
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