The Brentini are a tribe of beetles in the subfamily of
weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small – less than in length – and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several fa ...
s known as
Brentinae
Brentinae is a subfamily of sometimes called "straight-snouted weevils" in the family of beetles known as Brentidae; both were based on the type genus '' Brentus'' and erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.Billberg GJ (1820) ''Enumeratio Insec ...
: both were based on the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
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Brentus'' and erected by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The pl ...
in 1820.
[Billberg GJ (1820) ''Enumeratio Insectorum in Musaeo Gust. Joh. Billberg.'' Typis Gadelianis. Stockholm: 138 pp.]
Subtribes and genera
''BioLib''
[''BioLib.cz'': tribus Brentini Billberg, 1820]
(retrieved 10 April 2025) includes three subtribes:
Arrhenodina
Authority: Lacordaire, 1865 (also known tribe Arrhenodini)
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Abrentodes''
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Agriorrhynchus''
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Allacompsus''
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Amphicordus''
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Ananesiotes''
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Anepsiotes''
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Anomobrenthus''
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Apocemus''
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Arrenodes''
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Baryrhynchus''
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Belopherus''
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Blysmia''
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Cacopsalis''
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Calabresia''
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Calorychodes''
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Catablysmia''
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Claeoderes''
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Corporaalia''
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Cyriodontus''
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Damoisiella''
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Debora (weevil)''
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Desgodinsia''
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Ectocemus''
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Elytracantha''
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Epicoinoneus''
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Episphales''
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Estenorhinus''
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Eupeithes (weevil)''
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Eupsalomorphus''
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Eutrachelus''
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Gyalostoma''
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Haywardiales''
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Hemiorychodes''
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Hemipsalis''
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Henarrhodes''
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Henorychodes''
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Heteroblysmia''
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Heterobrenthus
''Heterobrenthus'' is a genus of Central American weevils in the beetle family Brentidae
Brentidae is a cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagy, xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils; they ha ...
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Heterorrhynchus''
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Holobrenthus''
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Hopliterrhynchus''
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Hyposphales''
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Megateras''
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Mesitogenus''
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Nemorhinus''
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Orfilaia''
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Orychodes''
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Paraprophthalmus''
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Pararrhenodes''
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Parorychodes''
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Perorychodes''
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Phymechus''
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Proepisphales''
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Prophthalmus''
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Pseudobelopherus''
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Pseudomiolispa''
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Pseudorychodes''
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Raphirhynchidus''
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Raphirhynchus''
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Rhynchoneus''
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Schizoeupsalis''
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Schoenfeldtia''
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Schoenfeldtiopsis''
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Spatherhinus''
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Stratiorrhina''
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Stratiorrhynchus''
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Suborychodes''
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Synorychodes''
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Teraticorhynchus''
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Tmetogonus''
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Toxobrentus''
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Ubaniopsis''
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Ubanius''
;subtribe Brentina
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Brentus''
Eremoxenina
Authority: Semenov, 1892
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Acramorphocephalus''
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Afrocordus''
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Amorphocephala''
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Ankleinella''
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Carasymmorphocerus''
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Cobalocephalus''
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Cordus (weevil)''
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Eremoxenus''
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Hadramorphocephalus''
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Hemicordus''
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Kleineella''
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Leptamorphocephalus''
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Micramorphocephalus''
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Myrmecobrenthus''
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Paramorphocephalus''
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Paussobrenthus''
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Pericordus''
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Perisymmorphocerus''
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Symmorphocerus''
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Systellus''
Unplaced genera
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Ankleineella''
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Cephalobarus''
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q21226927
Brentidae
Taxa described in 1820
Beetle tribes