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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles (Scirtoidea)

Superfamily Scirtoidea - Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Eucinetid - Nycteus infumatus Marsh Beetle - Cyphon confusus A gathering of small beetles - Scirtes tibialis Guess which beetle family Cyphon concinna Marsh or Water Beetle? - Ora Dorsal - Cyphon collaris Marsh Beetle - Cyphon
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scirtoidea (Plate-thigh and Marsh Beetles)
Numbers
Three families;
Eucinetidae - Plate-thigh Beetles [chapter 35 (1)]
Clambidae - Minute Beetles [chapter 36 (1)]
Scirtidae - Marsh Beetles [chapter 37 (1)]
Print References
American Beetles, Vol. 2 (1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:11am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 6 April, 2007 - 10:59am

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