Contacyphon pusillus
| Contacyphon pusillus | |
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| Contacyphon pusillus, Oklahoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Scirtidae |
| Genus: | Contacyphon |
| Species: | C. pusillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Contacyphon pusillus (LeConte, 1853)
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Contacyphon pusillus is a species of marsh beetle in the family Scirtidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America from British Columbia east to Quebec and south to Florida.[5] Contacyphon neopadi was synonymized with C. pusillus and all previously documented occurrences of C. padi in North America are now considered to be this species.[5]
References
- ^ "Contacyphon neopadi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contacyphon neopadi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contacyphon neopadi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contacyphon neopadi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ a b Gimmel, Matthew L.; Epler, J.H. (2024). "Catalog of the Scirtidae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), with taxonomic and distributional notes". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 78 (3): 319–334. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-78.3.319.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr., ed. (1983). "Family 36: Helodidae, The Marsh Beetles". Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. ISBN 978-0916846121.
- Zwick, Peter; Klausnitzer, Berhard; Ruta, Rafal (2013). "Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) to accommodate species so far combined with the invalid name, Cyphon Paykull, 1799". Entomologische Blätter. 109: 337–353. ISSN 0013-8835.