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Species Cercyon fimbriatus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Tribe Megasternini
Genus Cercyon
No Taxon (Subgenus Cercyon)
Species fimbriatus (Cercyon fimbriatus)
Explanation of Names
Cercyon fimbriatus Mannerheim 1852
Size
2.8‒3.5 mm(1)
Identification
distinguished by the deeply impressed, often connecting bases of the first and second striae; size and coloration highly variable(1)
Range
NA Pacific Coast, AK to Mexico(1)
Habitat
Pacific beach specialist; usually among/under rotting seaweed and flotsam (2).
Remarks
The most common species of beach-dwelling Cercyon in the region(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the beach-dwelling species of Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the West Coast of North America
Suzumura A., Kobayashi N., Ôhara M. 2019. Col. Bull. 73: 473‒493.
2.Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska
Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.