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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Nemognathinae » Nemognathini » Gnathium » Gnathium minimum

Species Gnathium minimum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)
Family Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily Nemognathinae
Tribe Nemognathini
Genus Gnathium
Species minimum (Gnathium minimum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnathium minimum (Say)
Orig. Comb: Nemognatha minima Say 1824
Size
3.5-6.0 mm(1)
Range
Most of w. US (CA-LA-WI-AB); FL; Mexico (Baja & Veracruz); one of the most widespread Nearctic meloids, several disjunct populations(1), mostly: AX-TX-MT - Map (2)
Habitat
sandy areas(1)
Season
mostly: Apr-Oct (2)
Food
Adults usually on Helianthus;
larvae found in nest of Perdita(1)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic review of the genus Gnathium Kirby (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Pinto J.D. 2009. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 135: 1-58.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 12 November, 2009 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 19 June, 2021 - 9:59am

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