Gnathium

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

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

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

  1. "Gnathium Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Gnathium". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
  • Media related to Gnathium at Wikimedia Commons


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