Hydraenidae of Madagascar (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Author
Perkins, Philip D.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-03
4342
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journal article
31639
10.11646/zootaxa.4342.1.1
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Protozantaena
Perkins
Protozantaena
Perkins, 1997
: 174
(type species
Protozantaena labrata
Perkins
, by original designation).
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the very small size (length ca.
1.35–1.75 mm
); the rather flattened body form; the tenarticled antenna (five + club); the lack of an hypomeral carina; the hypomeral antennal pocket setae forming a strong cup; the weakly developed ocelli located between the midline and the eyes; and the transverse pronotum with anterior hyaline margin and lacking postocular emarginations. Refer to
Perkins (2009)
for comparisons with other genera of
Parhydraenini
.
The two new species described herein brings the total to five in Madagascar.
There
is one described species each from
Namibia
and
Tanzania
(
Perkins 2009
).
The Tanzanian
species is morphologically distinct in some characters, and preliminary
DNA
sequence data suggest that it might represent a separate genus (
I. Ribera
, pers. com.).