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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Scirtoidea » Marsh Beetles (Scirtidae) » Contacyphon-group genera » Herthania

Genus Herthania

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Marsh Beetle - Herthania obscura Beetle - Herthania little black marsh beetle with orange spots - Herthania Marsh Beetle - Herthania obscura Marsh Beetle - Herthania obscura Another odd one - Herthania - male beetle - Herthania obscura Marsh Beetle - Herthania obscura
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 (Contacyphon-group genera)
Genus Herthania
Explanation of Names
Herthania Klausnitzer 2006
Numbers
7 spp. total
Size
2.8‒4.6 mm(1)
Range
NA & E.Asia(1)
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Species of genus Cyphon Paykull, 1799 with developed sternite 8, and description of a new genus (Col., Scirtidae)
Klausnitzer B. 2006. Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 50: 71-77.
2.Eine neue Art der Gattung Herthania Klausnitzer, 2006 (Coleoptera, Scirtidae) aus Nordamerika
Klausnitzer B. 2016. Linz. biol. Beitr. 48: 1313‒1319.
Contributed by v belov on 30 January, 2015 - 12:02pm
Additional contributions by mpintar
Last updated 13 May, 2025 - 12:50pm

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