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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Scirtidae |
| Genus: | Contacyphon Des Gozis, 1886 |
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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.
Selected species
- Contacyphon americanus (Pic, 1913)
- Contacyphon arcuatus (Hatch, 1962)
- Contacyphon coarctatus (Paykull, 1799)
- Contacyphon cooperi (Schaeffer, 1931)
- Contacyphon exiguus (Horn, 1880)
- Contacyphon fuscescens (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon johni (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon kongsbergensis (Munster, 1923)
- Contacyphon modestus (LeConte, 1853)
- Contacyphon neovariabilis (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon obscurellus (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon ochreatus (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Contacyphon perplexus (Blatchley, 1914)
- Contacyphon pubescens (Fabricius, 1792)
- Contacyhphon punctatus (LeConte, 1853)
- Contacyphon pusillus (LeConte, 1853)
- Contacyphon setulipennis (Klausnitzer, 1976)
- Contacyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1785)
References
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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