Tentegia
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| Tentegia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Cryptorhynchini |
| Genus: | Tentegia Pascoe, 1873 |
| Type species[1] | |
| Tentegia favosa Pascoe, 1873 | |
Tentegia is a genus of weevils native to Australia. It is the only genus of weevils known to engage in coprophagy.
Tentegia species are widely distributed in arid and monsoonal areas of Australia, including parts of New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia, with the Northern Territory hosting the highest number of species.[2]