Insecta - Coleoptera - Scirtidae
Synonym: Cyphon Paykull 1799 [replaced name]
Full reference: M. G. P. Des Gozis. 1886. Recherche de l'Espèce Typique de Quelques Anciens Genres. Rectifications Synonymiques et Notes Diverses 1-36
Parent taxon: Scirtinae according to P. Zwick et al. 2013
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Kirejtshuk and Nel 2008, Klausnitzer 2009 and Yablokov-Khnzorian 1961
Sister taxa: Cyphonini, Elodes, Helodopsini, Microcara, Microcarini, Scirtes, Varcalium
Subtaxa: Contacyphon groehni Contacyphon herthae Contacyphon hoffeinsorum Contacyphon insularis Contacyphon involutus Contacyphon keilbachi Contacyphon kozlovi Contacyphon wichardi Cyphon gallicus Cyphon krynickyi Cyphon lobanovi Cyphon pallasi Cyphon shevyrevi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 12 collections including 23 occurrences
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