Afrolaena

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Lagriinae
Tribus: Laenini
Genus: Afrolaena
Species: A. elongata – A. knysnaensis – A. natalica – A. ornata – A. palpata – A. parallela – A. tibialis – A. transkeiensis
Name

Afrolaena Endrödy-Younga & Schawaller, 2002: 11

Type species: Afrolaena tibialis Endrödy-Younga & Schawaller, 2002

gender: feminine
References

Endrödy-Younga, S. & Schawaller, W., 2002: First record of Laenini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from South Africa, with descriptions of two new genera and several new species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 39: 9–21. full article PDFReference page. [original description: p. 11]