All Tentyriinae are eremophilous, exhibiting in their extreme desertic forms the highest degree of adaptation in overcoming the difficulties of existence in the wastes of the barren desert. The most specialized of these forms are to be found in the South African Namib desert. Keyword: Tok-Tokkie, Asidinae, Coleopteran, Crepuscular, Cryptochilini, Distal sternites of abdomen, Distribution, Ductus ejaculatorius, Epitragina, Erodiini, Habitus, Intertribal phylogenetic connection, Lateral aspect of aedeagus, Myrmecophilous tendencies, Phylogenetically, Tenebrioid, Tentyrioid tribes, Trochantin of mesocoxae, Umbral, Vansonini, Ventral surface of aedeagus and Vestiture.