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Contacyphon

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Contacyphon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scirtidae
Genus: Contacyphon
Des Gozis, 1886
Synonyms
  • Cyphon of authors, not of Paykull, 1799 (junior synonym of Elodes Latreille, 1796)

Contacyphon is a genus of marsh beetles in the family Scirtidae. There are over 100 described species in Contacyphon, all of which were formerly treated under the deprecated name Cyphon, which was recognized as an objectively invalid name.[1][2]

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ Zwick, P., Klausnitzer, B., & Ruta, R. (2013). Contacyphon Gozis, 1886 removed from synonymy (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) to accommodate species so far combined with the invalid name, Cyphon Paykull, 1799.. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera. 109. 337-353.
  2. ^ 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

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  • R. H. Arnett, Jr.; M. C. Thomas; P. E. Skelley; J. H. Frank, eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Ross H. Arnett (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Richard E. White (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.