Protochthebiina

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: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Hydraenidae
Subfamilia: Ochthebiinae
Tribus: Ochthebiini
Subtribus: Protochthebiina
Genera: Protochthebius

[genera after Perkins (1997)]
Name

Protochthebiina Perkins, 1997
Type genus

Protochthebius Perkins, 1997 [stem = Protochthebi-]

References
cited sources

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.