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Species Cercyon quisquilius

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Tribe Megasternini
Genus Cercyon
No Taxon (Subgenus Cercyon)
Species quisquilius (Cercyon quisquilius)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cercyon quisquilius (Linnaeus 1761)
Orig. Comb: Scarabaeus quisquilius Linnaeus 1761

Explanation of Names

quisquilius (L). 'related to refuse/trash' (1)

Size

1.9-2.6 mm (BG data)

Range

Widespread from so. Canada to n. Mexico - Map (2)(3), Native to (and common across) the Palaearctic, introduced to N. Amer. ca. 1920

Habitat

Under decaying plant matter and in excrements, esp. those of herbivorous mammals (4)(5)

Season

Apr-Aug (BG data)

Works Cited

1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Smetana A. 1978. Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 105: 1–292.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Polish Biodiversity Information Network • Coleoptera Poloniae
5.Occurrence of introduced species of the genus Cercyon (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the Neotropical Region
M. Fikáček. 2009. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 68: 351-357.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 March, 2007 - 9:36am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 October, 2023 - 8:12pm

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