Scirtidae

Taxonavigation

terrestrial scirtid larva

Taxonavigation: Scirtoidea

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Familia: Scirtidae
Subfamiliae (3): Nipponocyphoninae - Scirtinae - Stenocyphoninae
[source: Lawrence & Yoshitomi (2007: 522-523)]

Overview of genera (58)

Accolabass - Amplectopus - Atopida - Biroguineus - Brachycyphon - Byrrhopsis - Calvarium - Chameloscyphon - Chilarboreus - Cyphanodes - Cyphanus - Cyphon - Cyphotelus - Cyprobius - Daploeuros - Dasyscyphon - Elodes - Eurycyphon - Exagontus - Exochomoscirtes - Herthania - Heterocyphon - Hydrocyphon - Macrocyphon - Macrodascillus - Macrohelodes - Memorocyphon - Mescirtes - Mesocyphon - Microcara - Nipponocyphon - Odeles - Ora - Parelodes - Peneveronatus - Petrocyphon - Prionocara - Prionocyphon - Prionoscirtes - Pseudomicrocara - Pseudoscirtes - Sacodes - Sarabandus - Scirtes - Spaniosdascillus - Stenactyla - Stenocyphon - Veronatus - Ypsiloncyphon - ?Brounicyphon - †Actinocerites - †Brachelodes - †Brachypodites - †Cyphonogenius - †Expansifemoria - †Miocyphon - †Plagiocyphon - †Sinodryopites

Name

• Scirtidae Fleming, 1821

Synonyms

• Cyphonidae Stephens, 1829
• Elodidae Shuckard, 1840
• Helodidae Agassiz, 1846
• †Sinodryopitidae Hong, 2002 [syn. Kirejtshuk & Azar (2008: 29)]

References

• Heuss, K. 2008: Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Schlammkäfer des Baltischen Bernsteins mit einem Gattungsschlüssel und der Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) [The taxonomy and ecology of the marsh beetles of the Baltic amber with key to genera and description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scirtidae).] Entomologische Zeitschrift, 118(3): 131-134. PDF
• Jäch, M.A.; Madl, M. 2009: Water beetles of Seychelles (Coleoptera). Pp. 11-35, plates 1-2 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983
• Kirejtshuk, A.G.; Azar, D. 2008: New taxa of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Lebanese amber with evolutionary and systematic comments. Alavesia, 2: 15-46. PDF
• Klausnitzer, B. 2004: New species of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Part 1). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 48(2): 99-103.
• Klausnitzer, B. 2008: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scirtidae. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, 20/17. Spektrum. Google books
• Klausnitzer, B. 2009: Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung der Familie Scirtidae aus der Orientalischen Region (Coleoptera) (144. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scirtidae). Beiträge zur entomologie, 59(1): 247-261.
• Klausnitzer, B. 2011: New species of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic amber (Part 2). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 121(1): ?-?
• Lawrence, J.F. 2005: 15.4. Scirtidae Fleming, 1821. Pp. 443-450 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.

• Lawrence, J.F.; Yoshitomi, H. 2007: Nipponocyphon, a new genus of Japanese Scirtidae (Coleoptera) and its phylogenetic significance. Elytra, Tokyo, 35(2): 507-527. ZooBank
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• Ruta, R. 2009: Revision of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described by Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky. Zootaxa, 2210: 26-50. Abstract & excerpt
• Yoshitomi, H. 2005: Systematic revision of the family Scirtidae of Japan, with phylogeny, morphology and bionomics (Insecta: Coleoptera, Scirtoidea). Japanese journal of systematic entomology (monographic series), (3)
• Yoshitomi, H.; Ruta, R. 2010: SCIRTIDAE: Checklist of the taxa recorded from Melanesia (Moluccas to Fiji) (Coleoptera). Pp. 401-402 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 PDF available here
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
  ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.316

links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Scirtidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Scirtidae. Marsh beetles. Version 25 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of the family Scirtidae of Russia
• EoL

Vernacular names

English: marsh beetles
Latviešu: Dumbraiņu dzimta
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Hårbiller
Русский: Трясинники