Protozantaena Perkins

Protozantaena Perkins, 1997: 174 (type species Protozantaena labrata Perkins, by original designation).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the very small size (length ca. 1.35–1.75 mm); the rather flattened body form; the tenarticled antenna (five + club); the lack of an hypomeral carina; the hypomeral antennal pocket setae forming a strong cup; the weakly developed ocelli located between the midline and the eyes; and the transverse pronotum with anterior hyaline margin and lacking postocular emarginations. Refer to Perkins (2009) for comparisons with other genera of Parhydraenini .

The two new species described herein brings the total to five in Madagascar. There is one described species each from Namibia and Tanzania (Perkins 2009). The Tanzanian species is morphologically distinct in some characters, and preliminary DNA sequence data suggest that it might represent a separate genus (I. Ribera, pers. com.).