Cercyon (beetle)

Cercyon
Cercyon lateralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Hydrophilidae
Tribe:	Megasternini
Genus:	Cercyon Leach, 1817

Cercyon is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Cercyon. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Cercyon quisquilius

Species

These species belong to the genus Cercyon. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Cercyon adumbratus Mannerheim, 1843
• Cercyon aequatus Knisch, 1924
• Cercyon analis (Paykull, 1798)
• Cercyon arizonicus Dajoz, 1997
• Cercyon assecla Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon cinctus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon connivens Fall, 1924
• Cercyon convexiusculus Stephens, 1829
• Cercyon crocatus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon depressus Stephens, 1829
• Cercyon erraticus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon fimbriatus Mannerheim, 1852
• Cercyon floridanus Horn, 1890
• Cercyon granarius Erichson, 1837
• Cercyon haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Cercyon herceus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon impressus (Sturm, 1807)
• Cercyon indistinctus Horn, 1890
• Cercyon integer Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon kulzeri Knisch, 1922
• Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873
• Cercyon lateralis (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon limbatus Mannerheim, 1843
• Cercyon lineolatus (Motschulsky, 1863)
• Cercyon littoralis (Gyllenhal, 1808)
• Cercyon luniger Mannerheim, 1853
• Cercyon marinus Thomson, 1853
• Cercyon matthewsi Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cercyon mellipes (Say, 1835)
• Cercyon mendax Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon mexicanus Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon miniusculus Melsheimer, 1846
• Cercyon minusculus
• Cercyon nevadanus Knisch, 1924
• Cercyon nigriceps (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon ocallatus (Say, 1825)
• Cercyon occallatus
• Cercyon pohli Fikáček, 2023
• Cercyon praetextatus (Say, 1825)
• Cercyon pubescens (LeConte, 1855)
• Cercyon pygmaeus (Illiger, 1801)
• Cercyon quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Cercyon roseni Knisch, 1922
• Cercyon spathifer Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon terminatus (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon tolfino Hatch, 1965
• Cercyon tristis (Illiger, 1801)
• Cercyon unipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cercyon ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790)
• Cercyon variegatus Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon versicolor Smetana, 1978

References

1. "Cercyon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
2. "Cercyon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
3. "Cercyon Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
4. "Browse Cercyon". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Hansen, M. (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
• Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects, volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.{{cite book}}: ; |journal= ignored (help)
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN   87-88757-74-9.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Cercyon (Hydrophilidae) at Wikimedia Commons