Cercyon inquinatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Megasternini
Genus: Cercyon
Subgenus: Cercyon (Cercyon)
Species: Cercyon inquinatus

Name

Cercyon inquinatus Wollaston, 1854

Synonyms

• Cercyon rhombicus Jia in Jia, Wu & Pu, 1995: 128. (Synonymized by Ryndevich, 2004: 59).
  • Type locality: Guangzhou, Shipai, Pig farm.
    • Holotype: SYSU. male ♂. 25.VII.1985. leg. Wu Wu.

References

Primary references

• Wollaston, T.V. 1854. Insecta maderensia; being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. xliii + 634 pp., 13 pls. London, J. Van Voorst. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jia, F.L., Fikáček, M. & Ryndevich, S.K. 2011. Taxonomic notes on Chinese Cercyon: description of a new species, new synonyms, and additional faunistic records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Zootaxa 3090(1): 41–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3090.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Jia, F.L., Wu, W. & Pu, Z.L. 1995. Studies on Cercyon of China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Journal of Sun Yatsen University Supplement 2: 124–130. (in Chinese, with English abstract). Reference page. 
• Ryndevich, S.K. 2004a. Two new species of Cercyon Leach, 1817 from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Genus 15(1): 59–63. Full article (PDF). Reference page.