Gnathoncus Explained

Gnathoncus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 20 described species in Gnathoncus.

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Gnathoncus:

• Gnathoncus baeckmanni Reichardt, 1941
• Gnathoncus barbatus Bousquet & Laplante, 1999
• Gnathoncus brevisetosus Bousquet & Laplante, 2006
• Gnathoncus brevisternus Lewis, 1907
• Gnathoncus buyssoni Auzat, 1917
• Gnathoncus cavicola Normand, 1949
• Gnathoncus cerberus Auzat, 1923
• Gnathoncus communis (Marseul, 1862)
• Gnathoncus disjunctus Solskiy, 1876
• Gnathoncus ibericus Yélamos, 1992
• Gnathoncus interceptus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Gnathoncus kiritshenkoi Reichardt, 1930
• Gnathoncus moradii Vienna & Ratto, 2013
• Gnathoncus nannetensis (Marseul, 1862)
• Gnathoncus nidorum Stockmann, 1957
• Gnathoncus ovulatus Casey
• Gnathoncus potanini Reitter, 1896
• Gnathoncus procerulus (Erichson, 1834)
• Gnathoncus punctator Reitter, 1896
• Gnathoncus pygmaeus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976
• Gnathoncus rhodiorum (Marseul, 1862)
• Gnathoncus rossi Hatch, 1962
• Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann, 1792)
• Gnathoncus semimarginatus Bickhardt, 1920
• Gnathoncus turkmenicus Olexa, 1992
• Gnathoncus umbrettarum Thérond, 1952
• Gnathoncus vietnamicus Kryzhanovskij, 1972
• Gnathoncus wassilieffi Normand, 1935

Further reading

• Book: A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 2011. Mazur . Slawomir. WULS - SGGW Press. 978-83-7583-3171.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.