title: Prothecini
text: # Prothecini
  
  Prothecini is a tribe of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 15 genera in Prothecini.
  
  ## Genera
  
  These 15 genera belong to the tribe Prothecini:
  
  * Anakania Pic, $1901^g$
  * Anisotheca Español, 1970
  * Ascutotheca Lesne, 1911
  * Chondrotheca Lesne, 1911
  * Falsostagetus Viñolas et Masó, 2008
  * Metatheca Scott, 1924
  * Methemus Broun, 1882
  * Nesotheca Scott, 1924
  * Peritheca Logvinovskiy, 1978
  * Protheca LeConte, $1865^{icgb}$
  * Sculptotheca Schilsky, $1900^{icgb}$
  * Stagetodes Español, $1970^g$
  * Stagetus Wollaston, $1861^{icgb}$
  * Stichtoptychus Fall, $1905^{icgb}$
  * Striatheca White, $1973^{icgb}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  