Protozantaena

Life-forms

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: Hydraeninae
Tribus: Parhydraenini
Genus: Protozantaena
Species: P. ankaratra – P. birdi – P. duplicata – P. elongata – P. grebennikovi – P. labrata – P. malagasica – P. palpalis
Name

Protozantaena Perkins, 1997: 174

Type species: Protozantaena labrata Philip Don Perkins, by original designation
References
Primary references

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(2): 89–207. Reference page.

Additional references

Perkins, P.D. 2009. Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins, Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 2038: 001–119. Abstract & excerpt. Paywall. Reference page.
Perkins, P.D. 2017. Hydraenidae of Madagascar (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4342(1): 1–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4342.1.1. Reference page.