Gnathaphanus Explained

Gnathaphanus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Gnathaphanus.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Gnathaphanus:

• Gnathaphanus aridus Blackburn, 1892 (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus chinensis Schauberger, 1932 (China)
• Gnathaphanus chujoi Habu, 1973 (Japan)
• Gnathaphanus froggatti (W.J.MacLeay, 1888) (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus glamorgani (Lequillon, 1841)
• Gnathaphanus herbaceus Sloane, 1900 (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus kansuensis Schauberger, 1932 (China)
• Gnathaphanus latus Sloane, 1900 (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus licinoides Hope, 1842 (Oceania)
• Gnathaphanus loeffleri Jedlicka, 1966 (Laos)
• Gnathaphanus masudai (Nakane & Ishida, 1959) (Japan)
• Gnathaphanus melbournensis (Laporte, 1867) (Australia and New Zealand)
• Gnathaphanus multipunctatus (W.J.MacLeay, 1888) (Oceania)
• Gnathaphanus parallelus Louwerens, 1962 (Indonesia)
• Gnathaphanus philippensis (Chevrolat, 1841) (Indomalaya, Australia)
• Gnathaphanus picipes (W.J.MacLeay, 1864) (New Guinea and Australia)
• Gnathaphanus porcatulus (W.J.MacLeay, 1888) (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus pulcher (Dejean, 1829) (Indonesia and Australia)
• Gnathaphanus punctifer (Laporte, 1867) (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus rectangulus Chaudoir, 1878 (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus riverinae Sloane, 1895 (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus sexpunctatus (W.J.MacLeay, 1888) (Australia)
• Gnathaphanus subolivaceus (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (Indonesia)
• Gnathaphanus vulneripennis (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) (Southeast Asia)
• Gnathaphanus whitei Sloane, 1917 (Australia)

Parasites

In Australia, Gnathaphanus pulcher is parasitized by a species of mite, Eutarsopolipus pulcher Hajiqanbar & Seeman, 2021 which dwells under the elytra.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Katlav . Alihan . Hajiqanbar . Hamidreza . Riegler . Markus . Seeman . Owen D . Sheltered life beneath elytra: three new species of Eutarsopolipus (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) parasitizing Australian ground beetles . Parasite . EDP Sciences . 28 . 2021 . 1776-1042 . 10.1051/parasite/2021069 . 75. free . 8570142 .