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Subgenus Cercyon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Remarks · Works Cited
Golden fungus beetle - Cercyon occallatus Cercyon lateralis small Cercyon - Cercyon mendax Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon haemorrhoidalis Small beetle - Cercyon assecla Cercyon quisquilius? - Cercyon quisquilius Cercyon quisquilius Cercyon floridanus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
page will be updated per (1)
Size
~35 spp. in our area
Remarks
several more adventive members of this subgenus (of European origin) are not yet in the guide: C. atricapillus, C. depressus, C. terminatus
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.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 17 April, 2011 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 24 August, 2023 - 2:02pm

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