Cercyon pygmaeus Illiger 1801 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Alternative combination: Sphaeridium pygmaeum
Full reference: J. K. W. Illiger. 1801. Nachtrag und Berichtigungen zum Verzeichnisse der Käfer Preussens. Magazin für Insektenkunde 1:1-94
Belongs to Cercyon according to C. P. Green et al. 2006
See also Illiger 1801
Sister taxa: Cercyon analis, Cercyon herceus, Cercyon luniger, Cercyon marinus, Cercyon melanocephalus, Cercyon sternalis, Cercyon terrigena, Cercyon tristis, Cercyon ustulatus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sample 4, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)
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