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Species Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus - "Cyphon" obscurus

Beetle - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Marsh Beetle - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Marsh Beetle - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Cyphon obscurus Guérin - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Marsh Beetle - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Marsh Beetle - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus Scirtid - Unnamed-near-cyphon obscurus - male tiny beetle - Unnamed-near-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.