Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870 . C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 70:341.

TYPE SPECIES: Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870 .

COMMENTS: Subfamily Soricinae; see Vogel and Besancon (1979); tribe Neomyini; see Repenning (1967:45). Gureev (1971:226) placed Nectogale in a new subtribe Nectogalina within the Blarinini, a view not followed by other authors.