Cercyon (beetle)

Cercyon
Cercyon lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
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 50 species belong to the genus Cercyon.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Cercyon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. 1 2 "Cercyon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. 1 2 "Cercyon Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. 1 2 "Browse Cercyon". Catalogue of Life. 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. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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