# Allophalerus

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{{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](/source/Ommatidae). It is known from nine species formerly included in the genus ''[Tetraphalerus](/source/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](/source/Karabastau_Formation), Kazakhstan, [Oxfordian](/source/Oxfordian_(stage))
* †''Allophalerus aphaleratus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) Kyzyl-Kiya, Kyrgyzstan, [Pliensbachian](/source/Pliensbachian)
* †''Allophalerus bontsaganensis'' (Ponomarenko 1997) [Dzun-Bain Formation](/source/Dzun-Bain_Formation), Mongolia, [Aptian](/source/Aptian)
* †''Allophalerus incertus'' (Ponomarenko 1969) [Dzhil Formation](/source/Dzhil_Formation), Kyrgyzstan, [Hettangian](/source/Hettangian)
* †''Allophalerus latus'' (Tan et al. 2007) [Yixian Formation](/source/Yixian_Formation), China, Aptian
* †''Allophalerus maximus'' (Ponomarenko 1968) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
* †''Allophalerus okhotensis'' (Ponomarenko 1993) [Emanra Formation](/source/Emanra_Formation), Russian Federation, [Turonian](/source/Turonian)
* †''Allophalerus tenuipes'' (Ponomarenko 1964) Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
* †''Allophalerus verrucosus'' (Ponomarenko 1966) [Zaza Formation](/source/Zaza_Formation), Russia, Aptian

== References ==
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Category:Ommatidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2020
Category:Fossil beetle genera

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