Protistolophus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Hydrophilini
Subtribus: Hydrophilina
Genus: Protistolophus
Species: P. spangleri

[species after Short (2010)]
Name

Protistolophus Short, 2010
Gender

masculine
Type species

Protistolophus spangleri Short, 2010, by original designation

References
cited sources

Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina). Systematics and biodiversity, 8: 17–37. DOI: 10.1080/14772000903529375

Additional references

Fikáček, M.; Wedmann, S.; Schmied, H. 2010: Diversification of the greater hydrophilines clade of giant water scavenger beetles dated back to the Middle Eocene (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina). Invertebrate systematics, 24: 9–22. DOI: 10.1071/IS09042