''Gronops'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
belonging to the family
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.
T ...
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The genus was
first described by Schönherr in 1823.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species include:
* ''
Gronops inaequalis
''Gronops'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
The genus was first described by Schönherr in 1823.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of ...
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* ''
Gronops lunatus''
References
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Curculionidae
Beetle genera