administracini

Administracini is a taxonomic tribe used in zoological classification. In the rank hierarchy, a tribe sits below a subfamily and above one or more genera; names in the tribe rank typically end with the suffix -ini. The name Administracini follows this convention, but its status and composition are unsettled and vary among sources.

The provenance and circumscription of Administracini have been inconsistent. In some treatments, Administracini has been proposed as a distinct lineage within a subfamily, whereas other sources treat it as a synonym of another tribe or as a provisional designation awaiting further revision. This reflects a broader pattern in tribe-level taxonomy, where molecular phylogenetic studies can reassign genera and alter tribal boundaries.

As of the mid-2020s, there is no universally accepted, widely cited list of genera or species that belong to Administracini. Consequently, many major taxonomic databases do not recognize it as a stable, independent tribe, or they treat it as unsettled or unpublished. When it appears in the literature, the grouping is usually discussed in the context of phylogenetic analyses of the subfamily or family in which it was proposed.

Etymology and usage: The term is formed by adding the standard Latin suffix -ini to a stem intended to reflect a putative common ancestry or administrative naming convention. The term itself does not imply specific ecological or morphological traits; any such inferences come from the genera associated with the proposed tribe, where known.

See also: Taxonomic rank, Tribe (taxonomy).