Mononychus

This article is about the beetle. For the dinosaur, see Mononykus.

Mononychus
Mononychus punctumalbum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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]

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