Hemicyphon

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Hemicyphon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scirtidae
Genus: Hemicyphon
LeConte, 1866
Species:
H. ruficollis
Binomial name
Hemicyphon ruficollis
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms

Exneria ruficollis
Cyphon ruficollis
Lampyris ruficollis

Hemicyphon is a genus of marsh beetles in the family Scirtidae. There is one described species in Hemicyphon, Hemicyphon ruficollis, which occurs in eastern North America. [1] The species was previously placed in Exneria and Cyphon. [2] [3] [4] Hemicyphon was originally described as a subgenus of Cyphon by LeConte in 1866. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gimmel, M.L.; Epler, J.H. (2024). "Catalog of the Scirtidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), with taxonomic and distributional notes". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 78 (3): 319–334. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-78.3.319.
  2. "Exneria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  3. "Exneria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-19.