Protodendrophagus

Protodendrophagus is a genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae. The single described species, Protodendrophagus antipodes, is known only from several localities high in the mountains of South Island, New Zealand, where it has been found under rocks.^[1][2]

Protodendrophagus
Protodendrophagus antipodes, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Silvanidae
Genus:	Protodendrophagus Thomas, 2004
Species:	P. antipodes
Binomial name
Protodendrophagus antipodes Thomas, 2004

Protodendrophagus can be distinguished from other genera in the subfamily Brontinae, tribe Brontini, by its possession of a frontoclypeal suture, absence of hindwings, elytra not fused, and lack of body incrustation.^[1]