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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » former Cyphon » Contacyphon » Undescribed species 2 (Contacyphon Undescribed species 2)

Undescribed species 2

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Scirtidae - Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon Cyphon Scirtid - Contacyphon Beetle - Contacyphon - female Beetle - Contacyphon Beetle - Contacyphon Beetle - Contacyphon Beetle - Contacyphon
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Scirtoidea
Family Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
No Taxon (former Cyphon)
Genus Contacyphon
No Taxon Undescribed species 2
Explanation of Names
This is the species referred to as "species 2" in Epler (1) and described by Tetrault (1967: 55).
Works Cited
1.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 11 November, 2011 - 9:24pm
Last updated 7 March, 2022 - 6:03pm

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