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Protistolophus
Scientific 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

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.

References

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.

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