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Cercyon

Description

Cercyon (s. str.) unipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Coccinella unipunctata Linnaeus, 1758: 364. Transferred to Cercyon by Leach (1817). For complete synonymy see Hansen (1999).

Material examined. CHINA: Heilongjiang: 13, Mishan, 26.viii.1964, leg. De’ai Deng & Shoufa Hou (SYSU). Distribution. Widespread throughout the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions (Hansen 1999, 2004). The species is here newly recorded from China (Heilongjiang).

Notes

Published as part of Jia, Feng-Long, Fikáček, Martin & Ryndevich, Sergey K., 2011, Taxonomic notes on Chinese Cercyon: description of a new species, new synonyms, and additional faunistic records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae), pp. 41-56 in Zootaxa 3090 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279052

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Cercyon
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae Vol. 1 (ed. 10). Laurentii Salvii, Holmia, 2 + 824 pp.
  • Leach, W. E. (1817) The zoological miscellany. Vol. 3. R. P. Nodder, London, 151 pp. + pls. 121 - 150.
  • Hansen, M. (1999) World Catalogue of Insects 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 416 pp.
  • Hansen, M. (2004). Family Hydrophilidae. In Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphilinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 44 - 68.