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 Insectorum in Musaeo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Typis Gadelianis. Stockholm: 138 pp.
Tribes and genera BioLib includes seven tribes,BioLib.cz: subfamily straight-snouted weevils - Brentinae Billberg, 1820 (retrieved 5 April 2025) three monogeneric: Brentini Selected genera: Arrenodes Schoenherr, 1823 i c g Baryrhynchus Lacordaire, 1865 i c g Brentus Fabricius, 1787 i c g b Cephalobarus Schoenherr, 1840 i c g Eutrachelus Berthold, 1827 i c g Heterobrenthus Sharp, 1895 i c g b Orychodes Pascoe, 1862 i c g Cyladini Cylas Cyphagogini Pholidochlamydini Pholidochlamys Taphroderini Authority Lacordaire, 1865; all genera: Aulacoderes - Madagascar Bolbocranius - mainland Africa Monrosiaia - central America Plesiobolbus - Africa Taphroderes - Americas Taphroderoides Taphroderomimus Taphroderopsis Trachelizini Ulocerini Ulocerus
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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