Cercyon (beetle)

Cercyon is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Cercyon.^[1][2][3][4]

Cercyon quisquilius

Cercyon
Cercyon lateralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Hydrophilidae
Tribe:	Megasternini
Genus:	Cercyon Leach, 1817

Species

These species belong to the genus Cercyon.^[2][3][4]

• Cercyon adumbratus Mannerheim, 1843
• Cercyon aequatus Knisch, 1924
• Cercyon analis (Paykull, 1798)
• Cercyon arizonicus Dajoz, 1997
• Cercyon assecla Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon cinctus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon connivens Fall, 1924
• Cercyon convexiusculus Stephens, 1829
• Cercyon crocatus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon depressus Stephens, 1829
• Cercyon erraticus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon fimbriatus Mannerheim, 1852
• Cercyon floridanus Horn, 1890
• Cercyon granarius Erichson, 1837
• Cercyon haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Cercyon herceus Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon impressus (Sturm, 1807)
• Cercyon indistinctus Horn, 1890
• Cercyon integer Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon kulzeri Knisch, 1922
• Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873
• Cercyon lateralis (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon limbatus Mannerheim, 1843
• Cercyon lineolatus (Motschulsky, 1863)
• Cercyon littoralis (Gyllenhal, 1808)
• Cercyon luniger Mannerheim, 1853
• Cercyon marinus Thomson, 1853
• Cercyon matthewsi Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cercyon mellipes (Say, 1835)
• Cercyon mendax Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon mexicanus Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon miniusculus Melsheimer, 1846
• Cercyon minusculus
• Cercyon nevadanus Knisch, 1924
• Cercyon nigriceps (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon ocallatus (Say, 1825)
• Cercyon occallatus
• Cercyon pohli Fikáček, 2023
• Cercyon praetextatus (Say, 1825)
• Cercyon pubescens (LeConte, 1855)
• Cercyon pygmaeus (Illiger, 1801)
• Cercyon quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Cercyon roseni Knisch, 1922
• Cercyon spathifer Smetana, 1978
• Cercyon terminatus (Marsham, 1802)
• Cercyon tolfino Hatch, 1965
• Cercyon tristis (Illiger, 1801)
• Cercyon unipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cercyon ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790)
• Cercyon variegatus Sharp, 1882
• Cercyon versicolor Smetana, 1978