Prototympanogaster, Perkins, 2018

Perkins, Philip D., 2018, A new genus and new species of Meropathina from Lord Howe Island (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 4444 (4), pp. 409-420 : 409-410

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BAA1719D-6322-4627-8A9E-2DD05A60C581
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5971382
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F279EE4B-FFBA-F409-FF1B-F8D44A6BCC92
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Prototympanogaster
status	gen. nov.

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Prototympanogaster View in CoL , new genus

Type species: Prototympanogaster lordhowensis , new species.

With characteristics as described for the type species. The neW genus appears most closely related to Tympanogaster Perkins, 1979 . Tympanogaster currently has four subgenera and 84 species, mostly found in the relict eastern rainforests of Australia ( Perkins, 2006). The neW genus is named in reference to the putative

plesiomorphic condition of the metaventrite, Which is totally hydrofuge pubescent ( Fig. 1), Whereas members of Tympanogaster have a large, non-pubescent tabella ( Figs. 2, 4 View FIGURES 2–5 , 6 View FIGURES 6–9 ).