Biology:Contacyphon pusillus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Contacyphon pusillus
Contacyphon pusillus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scirtidae
Genus: Contacyphon
Species:
C. pusillus
Binomial name
Contacyphon pusillus
(LeConte, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Cyphon neopadi Klausnitzer, 1976
  • (Klausnitzer, 1976) Contacyphon neopadi

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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q54961123 entry