Genus Gymnognathus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Gymnognathus triangularis Valentine - Gymnognathus triangularis

Gymnognathus chiricahuae Sleeper - Gymnognathus chiricahuae - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)

Subfamily Anthribinae

Genus Gymnognathus

Explanation of Names

Gymnognathus Schoenherr 1826

Numbers

2 spp. in our area, 90 described and dozens of undescribed spp. total(1)

Identification

key to spp. in(1)

Range

Neotropical genus ranging into so. TX & se. AZ(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the otherwise S. American tribe Gymnognathini Valentine 1960, that contains 6 genera(2)

Works Cited

1.	A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera) Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.

2.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 30 October, 2011 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 25 September, 2019 - 8:06am

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