Namaini is a tribe of soil-associated weevils from South Africa in the subfamily Entiminae. [1]
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| Cervellaea coheni. A, body, dorsal view. B, body, lateral view. C, antenna. D, elytra, dorso-lateral view. E, protibia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Entiminae |
| Tribe: | Namaini Borovec & Meregalli, 2021 |
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Genera
editThe following genera are recognized:[1]
- Cervellaea Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
- Nama Borovec & Meregalli, 2013 [2]
- Namaquania Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
- Pentamerica Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
- Springbokia Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
- Yamalaka Borovec & Meregalli, 2021
References
edit- ^ a b 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. hdl:2318/1771217. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ 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.
External links
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