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Gnatocerus
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Gnatocerus

Gnatocerus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae. The genus was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1814. The genus is commonly misspelled as "Gnathocerus", assuming that "gnato-" was a misspelling of the Greek gnatho-, referring to the jaw.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Broadhorned Flour Beetle

speciesGnatocerus cornutus

Gnatocerus maxillosus

speciesGnatocerus maxillosus

Gnatocerus guatemalensis

speciesGnatocerus guatemalensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 178081.