Genus Gnostus

Classification · Numbers · Remarks

A mymecophilus ptinid - Gnostus floridanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Bostrichoidea (Carpet, Powder-post and Death-watch Beetles)

Family Anobiidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)

Subfamily Ptininae (Spider Beetles)

Genus Gnostus

Numbers

3 spp. known, 1 in Florida and the Bahamas, 2 in S-America.

Remarks

Gnostus Westwood, 1855

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 24 September, 2008 - 6:19pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 21 December, 2008 - 8:39am

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