Mononychus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Mononychus
Mononychus punctumalbum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
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.[1][2][3]

Mononychus punctumalbum

Including Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil).[4]

They have generally been found in North America, Europe and parts of Central Asia.[5]

They were originally published by E.F.Germar in Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, p. 241 in 1823.[5]

These 25 species belong to the genus Mononychus:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[3]

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