Species Cercyon ustulatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

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 Dicyrtocercyon)

Species ustulatus (Cercyon ustulatus)

Explanation of Names

Cercyon ustulatus (Preyssler 1790)

Size

2.6‒3.2 mm

Identification

See Ryndevich 2008 for a diagram showing the separate convexities of the pronotum and elytra. (At ResearchGate).

Range

native to the Palaearctic, adventive in our area (east coast of NA)(1); now in BC, too (BG data)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the Family Hydrophilidae of Canada and Alaska Ales Smetana. 1988. Entomological Society of Canada.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 16 April, 2011 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 16 February, 2025 - 7:37pm

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