''Timentes'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Timentes camerunensis'', from Cameroon and possibly Tanzania. It is closely related to ''

Thysbina ''Thysbina'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa. It was first established by the German entomologist Julius Weise in 1902, for several species from '' Colasposoma'' as well as three new species. Ac ...

''. The genus was originally erected by Brian J. Selman for a single species, ''Timentes flavipes''. According to Selman, the genus and species were originally named by Julius Weise at an unknown date (probably 1885–6), from material in the Jacoby collection found at the Natural History Museum, London. However, they were not described until 1965 by Selman himself, who preserved Weise's names for them. The holotype of ''T. flavipes'' has a label that gives its locality as "East Africa" without further indication, though it was thought by Selman to probably come from

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

in Tanzania. In 2019, Stefano Zoia found that ''Timentes flavipes'' was a junior synonym of ''Thysbina camerunensis'', a species described by Maurice Pic from

Edéa Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It lies on the Cameroon National Railways Authority, Douala–Yaoundé railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. Th ...

, Cameroon in 1953, and moved the latter species to ''Timentes''.

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Eumolpinae Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of Africa Insects of Cameroon Insects of Tanzania {{Eumolpinae-stub