''Ctenognathus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s in the family

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. This genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. It was first described by

Léon Fairmaire Léon Marc Herminie Fairmaire (29 June 1820 – 1 April 1906) was a French entomologist. As a specialist in Coleoptera, he assembled an immense collection comparable with that of Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (1780–1845). This is in the ...

in 1843.

Species

''Ctenognathus'' contains the following twenty-five species: * '' Ctenognathus adamsi'' (Broun, 1886) * '' Ctenognathus arnaudensis'' (Broun, 1921) * '' Ctenognathus cardiophorus'' (Chaudoir, 1878) * '' Ctenognathus colensonis'' (White, 1846) * '' Ctenognathus davidsoni'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus earlyi'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus edwardsii'' (Bates, 1874) * '' Ctenognathus elevatus'' (White, 1846) * '' Ctenognathus garnerae'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus helmsi'' (Sharp, 1881) * '' Ctenognathus hoarei'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus intermedius'' (Broun, 1908) * '' Ctenognathus kaikoura'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus marieclaudiae'' Larochelle, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus novaezelandiae'' (Fairmaire, 1843) * '' Ctenognathus oreobius'' (Broun, 1886) * '' Ctenognathus otagoensis'' (Bates, 1878) * '' Ctenognathus perumalae'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus pictonensis'' Sharp, 1886 * '' Ctenognathus sandageri'' (Broun, 1882) * '' Ctenognathus takahe'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus tawanui'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus tepaki'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus urewera'' Larochelle & Larivière, 2021 * '' Ctenognathus xanthomelas'' (Broun, 1908)

References

* * Platyninae Endemic beetles of New Zealand {{Platyninae-stub