Cercyon melanocephalus

Cercyon melanocephalus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae

Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps, is a species of water scavenger beetle with cosmopolitan distribution from Palaearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Neotropical regional countries. Description Body oval with slightly convex and shiny dorsum without microsculpture. Head is black whereas clypeus is linear, and truncate anteriorly.

Distribution

Cercyon melanocephalus — Dick Belgers · CC BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Switzerland · 84France · 10United Kingdom · 7Germany · 2Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

PhotoDick Belgers · CC BY DescriptionCercyon nigriceps, Wikipedia contributors

Cercyon melanocephalus

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