Mononychus

Mononychus
Mononychus punctumalbum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
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.

Mononychus punctumalbum

Including Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil).

They have generally been found in North America, Europe and parts of Central Asia.

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

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Mononychus:

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

  1. 1 2 "Mononychus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Mononychus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Mononychus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mononychus punctumalbum : Iris Weevil | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mononychus". GBIF. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

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