| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Coleoptera |
| Suborder: Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: Diaperinae |
| Tribe: Diaperini |
| Genus: Gnatocerus |
| Subject: Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798) |