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Genus Cybocephalus

beetle - Cybocephalus californicus Coleoptera - Cybocephalus nipponicus Phalacridae? - Cybocephalus Beetle - Cybocephalus nipponicus Minute leaf litter beetle with mite - Cybocephalus Microweisea - Cybocephalus californicus Microweisea - Cybocephalus californicus Clambid? - Cybocephalus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Cucujid series)
Family Cybocephalidae
Genus Cybocephalus
Explanation of Names
Cybocephalus Erichson 1844
Greek 'cube head'
Numbers
5 spp. (of which one adventive) in our area(1) (all in the nominate subgenus), ~200 spp. in 2 subgenera total(2)
not yet in the guide: C. kathrynae Smith & Cave 2006 (so. FL)(1)
Size
0.5-2.5 mm(1)
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.The Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico
Smith T.R., Cave R.D. 2006. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 99: 776-792.
2.BioLib.cz