Prothalpia Explained

Prothalpia is a genus of false darkling beetles in the family Melandryidae. There are at least four described species in Prothalpia.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Prothalpia:

• Prothalpia holmbergi (Mannerheim, 1852)
• Prothalpia rausuana
• Prothalpia undata LeConte, 1862
• Prothalpia utakoae Sasaji, 1988

Further reading

• Book: Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. 2014. Kubisz . Daniel. Iwan . Dariusz. Tykarski . Piotr. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. 978-83-935107-9-5.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.