Protochthebius

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: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Ochthebiinae
Tribus: Ochthebiini
Subtribus: Protochthebiina
Genus: Protochthebius
Species: P. convexus – P. jagthanae – P. jendeki – P. loebli – P. satoi – P. schillhammeri – P. smetanai

[species after Perkins (1997, 1998), Jäch (1997)]
Name

Protochthebius Perkins, 1997
Gender

masculine
Type species

Protochthebius satoi Perkins, 1997, by original designation

References

Jäch, M.A. 1997: Notes on Asian Ochthebiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 99B: 303–312. PDF
Perkins, P.D. 1997: Life on the effective bubble: exocrine secretion delivery systems (ESDS) and the evolution and classification of beetles in the family Hydraenidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 66: 89–207.
Perkins, P.D. 1998: New Nepalese Protochthebius, and comparative notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Oriental insects, 32: 279–285. ISSN: 0030-5316 [not seen]

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