Cercyon Leach 1817 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1817. The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals, Vol III 1-151

Parent taxon: Megasternini according to A. E. Z. Short and M. Fikáček 2013

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Cryptopleurum, Megasternum

Subtaxa: Cercyon analis Cercyon herceus Cercyon luniger Cercyon marinus Cercyon melanocephalus Cercyon pygmaeus Cercyon sternalis Cercyon terrigena Cercyon tristis Cercyon ustulatus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (2 collections), the United Kingdom (18), United States (3: Washington, Wisconsin)

• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)

Total: 24 collections including 33 occurrences

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