The first centre of origin, therefore, may possibly have been in Southern Asia, and in these early Tertiary times a second centre may have become established in Southern Europe from which the sub-genus Garnieria went eastward, Macroptychia southward, and Nenia westward across the Atlantic to South America.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff
The groups Garnieria of China, Macroptychia of East Africa, Boettgeria of Madeira, and Nenia of South America, have no fossil representatives.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff
Ni Francoj faris ja el tio proverbon: Nenia regulo sen escepto.
"The Esperantist, Complete"
Various