Namaini

Namaini is a tribe of soil-associated weevils from South Africa in the subfamily Entiminae. [1]

Namaini
Cervellaea coheni. A, body, dorsal view. B, body, lateral view. C, antenna. D, elytra, dorso-lateral view. E, protibia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Namaini
Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
Genera

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Genera

The following genera are recognized:[1]

  1. Cervellaea Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
  2. Nama Borovec & Meregalli, 2013 [2]
  3. Namaquania Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
  4. Pentamerica Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
  5. Springbokia Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
  6. Yamalaka Borovec & Meregalli, 2021

References
  1. Meregalli, Massimo; Borovec, Roman; Cervella, Piero; Santovito, Alfredo; Toševski, Ivo; Ottati, Sara; Nakládal, Oto (2021-09-01). "The Namaini, a new weevil tribe with six new genera from South Africa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 95–123. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa142. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. Borovec, R.; Meregalli, M. (2013). "Soil insect research in South Africa. 1. A new genus of terricolous weevils with four new species from the Richtersveld National Park (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Trachyphloeini)". Zootaxa. 3646 (5): 501. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3646.5.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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