Species Cercyon laminatus

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

Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon laminatus

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 Paracercyon)

Species laminatus (Cercyon laminatus)

Explanation of Names

Cercyon laminatus Sharp 1873

Size

3‒4 mm(1), one of the largest members of the genus

Range

native to E.Asia, adventive elsewhere (now widespread in Europe, recorded in Hawaii and parts of S. America)(2)(3)(4)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	Coleoptera Poloniae

3.	Occurrence of introduced species of the genus Cercyon (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the Neotropical Region M. Fikáček. 2009. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 68: 351-357.

4.	Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 3. Coleoptera I Lehr P.A., ed. 1989. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House, 572 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 20 December, 2011 - 8:05am
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 4:02pm

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