Contacyphon

Contacyphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scirtidae
Genus:Contacyphon
Des Gozis, 1886

Contacyphon is a genus of marsh beetles in the family Scirtidae. There are about 17 described species in Contacyphon.[1][2]

Species

  • Contacyphon americanus (Pic, 1913)
  • Contacyphon arcuatus (Hatch, 1962)
  • Contacyphon brevicollis (LeConte, 1866)
  • Contacyphon coarctatus (Paykull, 1799)
  • Contacyphon cooperi (Schaeffer, 1931)
  • Contacyphon exiguus (Horn, 1880)
  • Contacyphon fuscescens (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon johni (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon nebulosus
  • Contacyphon neopadi (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon neovariabilis (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon obscurus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
  • Contacyphon ochreatus (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Contacyphon perplexus (Blatchley, 1914)
  • Contacyphon setulipennis (Klausnitzer, 1976)
  • Contacyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1785)

References

  1. ↑ "Contacyphon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ↑ "Contacyphon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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