Psephenus

Psephenus
Psephenus herricki
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Psephenidae
Subfamily:	Psepheninae
Genus:	Psephenus Haldeman, 1853

Psephenus is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about 13 described species in Psephenus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Psephenus:

• Psephenus arizonensis Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus falli Casey, 1893
• Psephenus haldemani Horn, 1870
• Psephenus herricki (Dekay, 1844)
• Psephenus lutulentus Scudder, 1900
• Psephenus minckleyi Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus montanus Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus murvoshi Brown, 1970
• Psephenus oresbius Spangler, 1968
• Psephenus palpalis Champion, 1913
• Psephenus spangleri
• Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967 (Texas water penny)
• Psephenus usingeri Hinton, 1934

References

1. "Psephenus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Psephenus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Psephenus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

• Brown, Harley P. (1983). "Family: Psephenidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.^{[ dead link ]}
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.