''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
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
, New Zealand, where it has been found under rocks.
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''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.]
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Silvanidae
Endemic beetles of New Zealand