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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Diaperinae » Diaperini » Adelinina » Gnatocerus » Slender-horned Flour Beetle (Gnatocerus maxillosus)

Species Gnatocerus maxillosus - Slender-horned Flour Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Gnatocerus maxillosus Gnatocerus? - Gnatocerus maxillosus Gnatocerus? - Gnatocerus maxillosus Gnatocerus? - Gnatocerus maxillosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Diaperini
Subtribe Adelinina
Genus Gnatocerus
Species maxillosus (Slender-horned Flour Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Gnathocerus maxillosus (Fabricius 1810)
Size
~3 mm(1)
Identification
male has a small horn on the mandible(1)
Range
primarily tropical/subtropical and warm temperate zones worldwide(1); origin uncertain, adventive in NA & so. Europe(2)(3)
Habitat
cereal grains in warehouses(3)
Food
infests cereal grains, pumpkins, tamarind seeds, pulses, nutmeg, and peanuts(1)
Life Cycle
Development from egg to adult is 115–132 days(1)
Internet References
Darkling Beetles of Florida and E. US (4)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.California Beetle Project
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
4.The Darkling Beetles of Florida and Eastern United States
Contributed by v belov on 1 March, 2014 - 12:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 July, 2022 - 11:55am

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