Proteinini

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Proteininae
Tribus: Proteinini
Genera (3): Megarthrus - Metopsia - Proteinus
Name

Proteinini Erichson, 1839: 641

Type genus: Proteinus Latreille, 1797.

Synonymy

Phléobiens Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 209
Type genus: Phloeobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Phloeobium Dejean, 1833; syn. of Metopsia Wollaston, 1854].
Phloeobiinae Fowler, 1888: 431
Type genus: Phloeobium sensu Erichson, 1840 [not Phloeobium Dejean, 1833; syn. of Metopsia Wollaston, 1854].
Megarthrini Joy, 1932: 93, in key
Type genus: Megarthrus Curtis, 1829.
Metopsiinae Tottenham, 1954: 8, in key
Type genus: Metopsia Wollaston, 1854.
Pteronini Arnett, 1961: 238, in key
Type genus: Pteronius Blackwelder, 1952 [syn. of Proteinus Latreille, 1797].
Pteroniinae I. Moore, 1964: 85, in key
Type genus: Pteronius Blackwelder, 1952 [syn. of Proteinus Latreille, 1797].

References
Primary references

Erichson, W.F. 1839. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Erster Band. Zweite Abtheilung. [pp. 385–740]. F.H. Morin, Berlin, viii + 740 pp. BHL Reference page. [see p. 641]

Additional references

Herman, L.H. 2001: Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera): 1758 to the end of the second millennium. I. Introduction, history, biographical sketches, and omaliine group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (265 )
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2004 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea.
Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p. 268
Steel, W.O. 1966. A revision of the staphylinid subfamily Proteininae (Coleoptera) I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 118(9): 285–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1966.tb00839.x Reference page.