Protistolophus spangleri is a species of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae and the only species in the genus Protistolophus. Protistolophus spangleri was described as a new species and genus by Andrew E.Z. Short in 2010. The species is known only from Venezuela.[1][2]

Protistolophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Genus: Protistolophus
Short, 2010
Species:
P. spangleri
Binomial name
Protistolophus spangleri
Short, 2010

References

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  1. ^ Short, A. E.Z.; Fikåček, M. (2011). "World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Short, Andrew E.Z. (2010). "Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 8 (1): 17–37. doi:10.1080/14772000903529375.