Biology:Mononychus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mononychus
Mononychus punctumalbum (Coleoptera sp.), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Mononychus punctumalbum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Mononychus
Germar, 1824

Mononychus is a genus of minute seed weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 25 described species in Mononychus.[1][2][3]

Mononychus punctumalbum

Including Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil).[4]

They have generally been found in north America, Europe and parts of Central Asia.[5]

They were originally published by E.F.Germar in Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, p. 241 in 1823.[5]

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Mononychus:

  • Mononychus algerinus Gandolphe, c
  • Mononychus amurensis Schultze, 1898 c
  • Mononychus angustus Schultze, 1899 c
  • Mononychus caucasicus Kolen., 1859 c
  • Mononychus euphraticus Schultze, 1897 c
  • Mononychus interponens Schultze, 1901 c
  • Mononychus interruptus Schultze, 1901 c
  • Mononychus ireos (Pallas, P.S., 1773) c g
  • Mononychus kolenatii Kolen., 1859 c
  • Mononychus pallidicornis Pic, 1900 c
  • Mononychus pseudacori Schoenherr, 1825 c
  • Mononychus punctumalbum (Herbst, J.F.W., 1784) c g
  • Mononychus quadrifossulatus Chevr., 1872 c
  • Mononychus rondoui Vuillet, 1911 c
  • Mononychus salviae Germar, 1824 c
  • Mononychus schönherri Kolen., 1859 c
  • Mononychus spermaticus Beck., 1862 c
  • Mononychus sulcatocarinulatus Schultze, 1901 c
  • Mononychus superciliaris Boheman, 1844 c
  • Mononychus syriacus Redtenbacher, 1843 c
  • Mononychus tangerianus Chevr., 1872 c
  • Mononychus thompsoni Korotyaev, 1981 c
  • Mononychus variegatus Brullé, 1838 c
  • Mononychus vittatus Faldermann, 1835 c
  • Mononychus vulpeculus (Fabricius, 1801) i c g b (iris weevil)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14923398 entry