†Cercyon terrigena Scudder 1879 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185
Belongs to Cercyon according to S. H. Scudder 1900
See also Scudder 1879, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Cercyon analis, Cercyon herceus, Cercyon luniger, Cercyon marinus, Cercyon melanocephalus, Cercyon pygmaeus, Cercyon sternalis, Cercyon tristis, Cercyon ustulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nicola river, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nicola river
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