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.
Including Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil).
They have generally been found in North America, Europe and parts of Central Asia.
They were originally published by E.F.Germar in Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, p. 241 in 1823.
Species
These 25 species belong to the genus Mononychus:
- Mononychus algerinus <small>Gandolphe,</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus amurensis <small>Schultze, 1898</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus angustus <small>Schultze, 1899</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus caucasicus <small>Kolen., 1859</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus euphraticus <small>Schultze, 1897</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus interponens <small>Schultze, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus interruptus <small>Schultze, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus ireos <small>(Pallas, P.S., 1773)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Mononychus kolenatii <small>Kolen., 1859</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus pallidicornis <small>Pic, 1900</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus pseudacori <small>Schoenherr, 1825</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus punctumalbum <small>(Herbst, J.F.W., 1784)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Mononychus quadrifossulatus <small>Chevr., 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus rondoui <small>Vuillet, 1911</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus salviae <small>Germar, 1824</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus schönherri <small>Kolen., 1859</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus spermaticus <small>Beck., 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus sulcatocarinulatus <small>Schultze, 1901</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus superciliaris <small>Boheman, 1844</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus syriacus <small>Redtenbacher, 1843</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus tangerianus <small>Chevr., 1872</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus thompsoni <small>Korotyaev, 1981</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus variegatus <small>Brullé, 1838</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus vittatus <small>Faldermann, 1835</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Mononychus vulpeculus <small>(Fabricius, 1801)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (iris weevil)
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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