Biology:Gnathium

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Gnathium
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Gnathium minimum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Nemognathinae
Tribe: Nemognathini
Genus: Gnathium
Kirby, 1818

Gnathium is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 16 described species in Gnathium.[1][2][3]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Gnathium:

  • Gnathium aetatis Scudder, 1900
  • Gnathium californicum (Wickham, 1905)
  • Gnathium caviceps MacSwain, 1952
  • Gnathium eremicola MacSwain, 1952
  • Gnathium francilloni Kirby, 1818
  • Gnathium kanei Pinto, 2009
  • Gnathium longicolle LeConte, 1858
  • Gnathium martini MacSwain, 1952
  • Gnathium minimum (Say, 1823)
  • Gnathium murrayorum Pinto, 2009
  • Gnathium nannulum MacSwain, 1952
  • Gnathium nitidum Horn, 1870
  • Gnathium obscurum MacSwain, 1952
  • Gnathium politum Dillon, 1952
  • Gnathium texanum Horn, 1870
  • Gnathium vandykei MacSwain, 1952


References

Further reading

  • MacSwain, J. W. (1952). "A Synopsis of the Genus Gnathium, with Description of New Species (Coleoptera, Meloidae)". The Wasmann Journal of Biology 10: 205–224. 
  • Pinto, J. D.; Bologna, M. A. (1999). "The New World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History 33 (4): 569–620. doi:10.1080/002229399300254. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2112027 entry