Gnathium Explained

Gnathium is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are about 16 described species in Gnathium.

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

Further reading

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