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"Cyphon" obscurus (Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus)
Species
Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus
- "Cyphon" obscurus
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
Unnamed-near-cyphon
Species
obscurus
("Cyphon" obscurus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cyphon obscurus
(Guérin-Méneville 1834)
belongs to a yet unnamed genus
(
1
)
Range
e. NA (NF-ON to...)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)...
Zwick P., Klausnitzer B., Ruta R. 2013. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 109: 337-353.
2.
Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 13 February, 2008 - 8:40pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 30 January, 2015 - 3:18pm