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Cercyon melanocephalus
Taxonomy
Dermestes melanocephalus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Sphaeridium melanocephalum by Fabricius (1775); it was recombined as Cercyon melanocephalus by Coope et al. (1961) and Green et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Sphaeridium melanocephalum by Fabricius (1775); it was recombined as Cercyon melanocephalus by Coope et al. (1961) and Green et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Dermestes melanocephalus Linnaeus p. 356 |
| 1761 | Dermestes melanocephalus Linnaeus p. 144 |
| 1767 | Dermestes melanocephalus Linnaeus p. 563 |
| 1775 | Sphaeridium melanocephalum Fabricius p. 67 |
| 1777 | Dermestes melanocephalus Goeze p. 135 |
| 1961 | Cercyon melanocephalus Coope et al. |
| 2006 | Cercyon melanocephalus Green et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Cercyon melanocephalus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Cercyon melanocephalus (168266 168267) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Cercyon melanocephalus (163070) |