Mononychus

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

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

Mononychus
Mononychus punctumalbum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Mononychus Germar, 1824

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]

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Mononychus:

• Mononychus algerinus Gandolphe, ^c
• Mononychus amurensis Schultze, 1898 ^c
• Mononychus angustus Schultze, 1899 ^c
• Mononychus caucasicus Kolen., 1859 ^c
• Mononychus euphraticus Schultze, 1897 ^c
• Mononychus interponens Schultze, 1901 ^c
• Mononychus interruptus Schultze, 1901 ^c
• Mononychus ireos (Pallas, P.S., 1773) ^{c g}
• Mononychus kolenatii Kolen., 1859 ^c
• Mononychus pallidicornis Pic, 1900 ^c
• Mononychus pseudacori Schoenherr, 1825 ^c
• Mononychus punctumalbum (Herbst, J.F.W., 1784) ^{c g}
• Mononychus quadrifossulatus Chevr., 1872 ^c
• Mononychus rondoui Vuillet, 1911 ^c
• Mononychus salviae Germar, 1824 ^c
• Mononychus schönherri Kolen., 1859 ^c
• Mononychus spermaticus Beck., 1862 ^c
• Mononychus sulcatocarinulatus Schultze, 1901 ^c
• Mononychus superciliaris Boheman, 1844 ^c
• Mononychus syriacus Redtenbacher, 1843 ^c
• Mononychus tangerianus Chevr., 1872 ^c
• Mononychus thompsoni Korotyaev, 1981 ^c
• Mononychus variegatus Brullé, 1838 ^c
• Mononychus vittatus Faldermann, 1835 ^c
• Mononychus vulpeculus (Fabricius, 1801) ^{i c g b} (iris weevil)

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