Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Gnostus

A mymecophilus ptinid - Gnostus floridanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Ptinidae (Death-watch and Spider Beetles)
Subfamily Ptininae (Spider Beetles)
Genus Gnostus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated in Gnostinae Gemminger & Harold 1868 in(1)
Explanation of Names
Gnostus Westwood 1855
Numbers
3 spp. in the genus, of which 1 ranges into Florida
Range
Florida; Bahamas; S. America
Works Cited
1.BioLib.cz