Polynoncus
Encyclopedia
Polynoncus is a genus
of beetle
s of the Family Trogidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s of the Family Trogidae.
Species
- Polynoncus aeger (Guerin-MenevilleFélix Édouard Guérin-MénevilleFélix Édouard Guérin-Méneville was a French entomologist.Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of the illustrated work Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844, a complement to the work of Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, which lacked...
, 1844) (South America) - Polynoncus aricensis (Gutierrez, 1950) (South America)
- Polynoncus bifurcatus (Vaurie, 1962) (South America)
- Polynoncus brasiliensis (Vaurie, 1962) (South America)
- Polynoncus brevicollis (EschscholtzJohann Friedrich von EschscholtzJohann Friedrich Eschscholtz was a Livonian physician, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.Eschscholtz was born in Dorpat , Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire...
, 1822) (South America) - Polynoncus bullatus (CurtisJohn Curtis (entomologist)John Curtis was an English entomologist and illustrator.-Biography:Curtis was born in Norwich and learned his engraving skills in the workshop of his father, Charles Morgan Curtis...
, 1845) (Chile, Argentina) - Polynoncus burmeisteri Pittino, 1987 (Argentina)
- Polynoncus chilensis (Harold, 1872) (Chile, Argentina)
- Polynoncus diffluens (Vaurie, 1962) (Chile)
- Polynoncus ecuadorensis Vaurie, 1962 (Ecuador)
- Polynoncus erugatus Scholtz, 1990 (Argentina)
- Polynoncus galapagoensis (Van Dyke, 1953) (Galapagos Islands)
- Polynoncus gemmifer (Blanchard, 1846) (South America)
- Polynoncus gemmingeri (Harold, 1872) (Panama to Argentina)
- Polynoncus gibberosus Scholtz, 1990 (Chile)
- Polynoncus gordoni (Steiner, 1981) (Peru)
- Polynoncus guttifer (Harold, 1868) (South America)
- Polynoncus haafi Vaurie, 1962 (Argentina)
- Polynoncus hemisphaericus (BurmeisterHermann BurmeisterKarl Hermann Konrad Burmeister was a German zoologist, entomologist, and herpetologist.Burmeister was born in Stralsund and became a professor of Zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1837 to 1861...
, 1876) (Argentina, Chile) - Polynoncus juglans (Ratcliffe, 1978) (Brazil, Guyana)
- Polynoncus longitarsis (Harold, 1872) (Argentina, Chile)
- Polynoncus mirabilis Pittino, 1987 (Chile, Argentina)
- Polynoncus neuquen (Vaurie, 1962) (Chile, Argentina)
- Polynoncus parafurcatus (Pittino, 1987) (Argentina, Brazil)
- Polynoncus patagonicus (Blanchard, 1846) (Argentina)
- Polynoncus patriciae Pittino, 1987 (Argentina, Uruguay)
- Polynoncus pedestris (Harold, 1872) (Argentina)
- Polynoncus peruanus (Erichson, 1847) (South America)
- Polynoncus pilularius (Germar, 1824) (South America)
- Polynoncus sallei (Harold, 1872) (Madagascar?, Ecuador, Peru)
- Polynoncus seymourensis (Mutchler, 1925) (Galapagos Islands)
- Polynoncus tenebrosus (Harold, 1872) (Ecuador)