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

Genus Contacyphon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Marsh Beetle - Contacyphon Tiny red-brown night beetles - Contacyphon Tiny red-brown night beetles - Contacyphon Cyphon - Contacyphon brown beetle - Contacyphon Little shiny-haired beetle - Contacyphon Beetle - Contacyphon small beetle – genus Contacyphon? - 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 (Contacyphon-group genera)
Genus Contacyphon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cyphon Paykull, 1799 is not a valid name(1)
Explanation of Names
Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 [type species: C. variabilis Thunberg, 1787(1)]
Numbers
14 described & several potentially undescribed spp. in US and Canada, >280 worldwide(1)(2)
The following described spp. assigned to this genus are not yet in the guide:
Contacyphon arcuatus (Hatch, 1962)
Contacyphon johni (Klausnitzer, 1976) CA
Contacyphon kongsbergensis (Munster, 1924) holarctic
Contacyphon neovariabilis (Klausnitzer, 1976)
Contacyphon ochreatus (Klausnitzer, 1976)
Range
worldwide(1), incl. most of NA(2), except the western mountain states (BG data)
Remarks
NB: unsorted images on this page may include those of species now included in Nyholmia, Herthania, or another related genera, some of which may not have been formally described yet
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.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 November, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Charlene Wood, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 10 May, 2025 - 1:26am

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