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Genus 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

Numbers

19 spp. in our area(2), >280 worldwide(1)

Range

worldwide(1), incl. most of NA(2)

Remarks

NB: unsorted images on this page may include those of species now included in Nyholmia, Herthania, or other related genera, perhaps even not yet formally described

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.	Catalog of the Scirtidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), with taxonomic and distributional notes Gimmel M.L., Epler J.H. 2024. Col. Bull. 78: 319–334.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 6 November, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Charlene Wood, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 8 June, 2025 - 6:26pm

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