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Checklist for Tribe Megasternini Hansen, 1991
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
2717
9943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
101
2460
8688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
541
2582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hydrophiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Histerids, Hydriphiloids, Hydrophilids
3
69
467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHydrophilidae
Latreille, 1802
Silver Water Beetles, Water beetles
67
464
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySphaeridiinae
Latreille, 1802
35
184
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMegasternini
Hansen, 1991
20
132
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
20 Genera with 132 Species
Armostus Sharp, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Australocyon Hansen, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Cenebriophilus Hansen, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Cercyodes Broun, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Cercyon Leach, 185991SpeciesTaxom
Ceronocyton Hansen, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Cetiocyon Hansen, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Chledocyon Hansen, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Emmidolium Orchymont, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Ercycodes Hansen, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Megasternum Mulsant, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Notocercyon Blackburn, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Oosternum Sharp, 19995SpeciesTaxom
Pachysternum Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Paroosternum Scott, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Pelosoma Mulsant, 18823SpeciesTaxom
Pilocnema Hansen, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoosternum Hansen, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Tectosternum Balfour-Browne, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
132 Species and 1 Subspecies
Armostus schenklingi Orchymont, 1914
Australocyon eungella Hansen, 1990
Australocyon flavolineatus Hansen, 1990
Australocyon variegatus Hansen, 1990
Cenebriophilus costatus Hansen, 1990
Cenebriophilus subcostatus Hansen, 1990
Cercyodes kingense Blackburn, 1907
Cercyon (Cercyon) adumbratus Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Cercyon (Cercyon) alpinus Vogt, 1969
Cercyon (Cercyon) arenarius Rey, 1885
Cercyon (Cercyon) assecla Smetana, 1978
Cercyon (Cercyon) atricapillus (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) bifenestratus K?ster, 1851
Cercyon (Cercyon) cinctus Smetana, 1978
Cercyon (Cercyon) connivens Fall, 1924Muehlenbeck's bryum moss
Cercyon (Cercyon) convexiusculus Stephens, 1829Jumping-bean sapium
Cercyon (Cercyon) depressus Stephens, 1829Jumping-bean sapium
Cercyon (Cercyon) fimbriatus Mannerheim, 1852Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) floridanus Horn, 1890Pumpwood
Cercyon (Cercyon) granarius Erichson, 1837
Cercyon (Cercyon) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Cercyon impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) herceus Smetana, 1978
Cercyon herceus frigidus (Smetana, 1978)⇒ Cercyon herceus Smetana, 1978
Cercyon (Cercyon) impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon (Cercyon) indistinctus Horn, 1890Pumpwood
Cercyon (Cercyon) inquinatus Wollaston, 1854
Cercyon (Cercyon) integer Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Cercyon (Cercyon) kulzeri Knisch, 1922
Cercyon (Cercyon) laminatus Sharp, 1873
Cercyon (Cercyon) lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) limbatus Mannerheim, 1843Arizona cottonwood
Cercyon (Cercyon) litoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) littoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) luniger Mannerheim, 1853Bigtooth aspen
Cercyon (Cercyon) marinus Thomson, 1853
Cercyon (Cercyon) melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon (Cercyon) nevadanus Knisch, 1924Powell's amaranth
Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Cercyon) obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) ocallatus Say, 1825
Cercyon (Cercyon) putricola Wollaston, 1867
Cercyon (Cercyon) pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) rhomboidalis Perris, 1874
Cercyon (Cercyon) sternalis Sharp, 1918
Cercyon (Cercyon) subsulcatus (Rey, 1885)⇒ Cercyon sternalis Sharp, 1918
Cercyon (Cercyon) terminatus Marsham, 1802Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) tolfino Hatch, 1965Kern County larkspur
Cercyon (Cercyon) tristis (Illiger, 1801)⇒ Cercyon obsoletus Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon (Cercyon) unipunctatus Linnaeus, 1758Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Cercyon) variegatus Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Cercyon (Cercyon) versicolor Smetana, 1978
Cercyon (Dicyrtocercyon) ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon (Paracercyon) analis Paykull, 1798Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracycreon) analis Paykull, 1798
Cercyon (Paracycreon) laminatus Sharp, 1873Water scavenger beetle
Cercyon (Paracycreon) miniusculus Melsheimer, 1846Coulter's wild cabbage
Cercyon (Prostercyon) roseni Knisch, 1922
Cercyon acutus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Cercyon analis Paykull, 1798
Cercyon aethiops Knisch, 1922
Cercyon agnotus Kuwert, 1888
Cercyon aquaticus (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Cercyon analis Paykull, 1798
Cercyon basillaris Notman, 1920
Cercyon binotatus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Cercyon littoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon castaneipennis Vorst, 2009
Cercyon dorsostriatus (Thomson, 1853)⇒ Cercyon depressus Stephens, 1829
Cercyon erythropterus Küster, 1851
Cercyon erythropus (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Cercyon pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon flavipenne (Küster, 1848)⇒ Cercyon quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761
Cercyon flavocinctus Régimbart, 1903
Cercyon fulvipenne (Mannerheim, 1852)⇒ Cercyon limbatus Mannerheim, 1843
Cercyon fuscescens (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Cercyon pygmaeus Illiger, 1801
Cercyon gebieni Knisch, 1925
Cercyon impressum Sturm, 1807
Cercyon impunctatus (Kuwert, 1890)⇒ Cercyon unipunctatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon incrematus (Notman, 1920)⇒ Cercyon lateralis Marsham, 1802
Cercyon lepidus (Wollaston, 1864)⇒ Cercyon terminatus Marsham, 1802
Cercyon lineolatus Motschulsky, 1863
Cercyon maculatum (Melsheimer, 1846)⇒ Cercyon analis Paykull, 1798
Cercyon marginecollis (Dalla Torre, 1877)⇒ Cercyon terminatus Marsham, 1802
Cercyon maritimus Knisch, 1924
Cercyon melanocephaloides (Kuwert, 1890)⇒ Cercyon impressus Sturm, 1807
Cercyon mulsanti (Ganglbauer, 1904)⇒ Cercyon quisquilius Linnaeus, 1761
Cercyon mundum (Melsheimer, 1844)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Cercyon olibrus Sharp, 1874
Cercyon papuensis (Orchymont, 1924)⇒ Cetiocyon papuensis d´Orchymont, 1924
Cercyon plagiatus (Erichson, 1837)⇒ Cercyon terminatus Marsham, 1802
Cercyon pygmaeum Illiger, 1801
Cercyon rubripennis (Kuwert, 1890)⇒ Cercyon melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon ruficollis (Schilsky, 1888)⇒ Cercyon littoralis Gyllenhal, 1808
Cercyon scutellaris (Stephens, 1829)⇒ Cercyon terminatus Marsham, 1802
Cercyon separandus (Rey, 1886)⇒ Cercyon terminatus Marsham, 1802
Cercyon sharpi (Harold, 1878)⇒ Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873
Cercyon subsolanus Balfour-Browne, 1939
Cercyon taino Arriaga-Vare..., 2017
Cercyon unipunctata Linnaeus, 1758
Cercyon ustus Sharp, 1874
Cercyon vicinalis (Walker, 1859)⇒ Cercyon nigriceps Marsham, 1802
Ceronocyton obscurum Hansen, 1990
Ceronocyton simile Hansen, 1990
Cetiocyon papuensis d´Orchymont, 1924
Chledocyon marmoratus Hansen, 1990
Chledocyon queenslandicus Hansen, 1990
Chledocyon semiopacus Hansen, 1990
Chledocyon venustus Hansen, 1990
Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann, 1794
Cryptopleurum impressum Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Cryptopleurum minutum Fabricius, 1775
Cryptopleurum pygmaeum Orchymont, 1913
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Cryptopleurum vaucherii (Tournier, 1868)⇒ Cryptopleurum crenatum Kugelann, 1794
Emmidolium excavatum Orchymont, 1937
Ercycodes fossum Blackburn, 1888
Megasternum boletophagum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum obscurum (Marsham, 1802)⇒ Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802
Megasternum posticatum Mannerheim, 1852
Notocercyon dorsalis Erichson, 1842
Oosternum aequinoctiale Motschulsky, 1855
Oosternum attacomis Spangler, 1962
Oosternum costatum (LeConte, 1855)⇒ Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999
Oosternum pubescens LeConte, 1855
Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999Water scavenger beetle
Pachysternum capense Mulsant, 1844
Paroosternum sorex Sharp, 1874Water scavenger beetle
Pelosoma lafertei Mulsant, 1844
Pelosoma meridionale (Bruch, 1915)⇒ Pelosoma lafertei Mulsant, 1844
Pelosoma prosternale Sharp, 1882Grand Junction camissonia
Pilocnema maculiapex Hansen, 1990
Pilocnema nigra Hansen, 1990
Pseudoosternum brunneum Hansen, 1990
Pseudoosternum maculatum Hansen, 1990
Tectosternum naviculare Zimmermann, 1869


Links, sources and further information
Megasternini at artfakta.se
Megasternini at dyntaxa.se
Megasternini at itis.gov