Boganiidae is a family of
beetles, in the superfamily
Cucujoidea. Members of the family are found in southern Africa, Australia and
New Caledonia. Adults and larvae are pollenivorous, feeding on the pollen of
cycads and flowering plants of the families
Myrtaceae,
Meliaceae,
Cunoniaceae and
Elaeocarpaceae.[1]Metacucujus and Paracucujus act as pollinators for cycads Encephalartos and Macrozamia respectively. This association with cycads goes back to at least the Mid-Cretaceous, with an extinct form being found with preserved cycad pollen in 99 million year old
Burmese amber.[2]