Species Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps (Marsham, 1802)

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• Dermestes nigriceps Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [72].
• Dermestes atricapillus Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [72].
• Dermestes laevis Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [73].
• Dermestes inustus Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [76].
• Sphaeridium centrimaculatum Sturm, J. 1807. Deutschlands Fauna in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. V. Abteilung. Die Insecten. Nürnberg : J. Sturm Vol. 2 iv 219 pp. pls 21-52. [23].
• Cercyon atriceps Stephens, J.F. 1829. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 2 113-200 pls 13-15. [151] [attrib. Kirby MSS].
• Cercyon ustulatum Stephens, J.F. 1829. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 2 113-200 pls 13-15. [152] [junior homonym; of Sphaeridium ustulatum Preyssler, 1790].
• Cercyon bimaculatum Stephens, J.F. 1829. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 2 113-200 pls 13-15. [152].
• Cercyon nubilipenne Stephens, J.F. 1835. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 5 369-447 pl. 24-27. [401].
• Cercyon troglodytes Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1–4 3, 384 pp. [149] [nomen nudum].
• Cercyon pulchellum Heer, O. 1841. Fauna Coleopterorum Helvetica. Turici : Orelii, Fuesslini et Sociorum Vol. 1 xii 652 pp. [492].
• Cercyon mundum Melsheimer, F.E. 1844. Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 2: 98-118 [102].
• Cercyon vicinale Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 3: 258–265 [258].
• Cercyon nigriceps Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'île Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(2): 421-532 [445] [junior homonym; of Dermestes nigriceps Marsham, 1802].
• Cercyon testaceum Stephens, J.F. 1829. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Cradock Vol. 2 113-200 pls 13-15. [152] [attrib. Kirby MSS].
• Cercyon atriceps Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1868. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Cicindelidae, Carabidae. Monachii : E.H. Gummi Vol. 2 425-752 pp. [496] [replacement name; for Cercyon nigriceps Motschulsky 1863:445; preoccupied, not Cercyon atriceps Stephens 1829:151 (JPH)].
• Cercyon striatus Sharp, D. 1882. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. 1, part 2 (Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophilidae, Heteroceridae, Parnidae, Georissidae, Cyathoceridae, Staphylinidae). pp. 1-144 in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana. London : Taylor and Francis Part 16 xv 824 pp. [108] [junior homonym; preoccupied, not Hydrophilus striatus Turton 1802:422 (JSH in Cercyon)].
• Cercyon nigriceps simplex Delahon, P. 1913. Nachträge zum Schilskyschen Verzeichnis der Käfer Deutschlands von 1909 und einige sonstige Bemerkungen über deutsche Käfer (Col.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(5): 529-539 [Date published 30 Sep 1913] [530] [as Cercyon nigriceps ab simplex attrib. Schilsky; infrasubspecific, unavailable (Art. 45.6.2)].
• Cercyon (Cercyon) panamensis Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [286] [replacement name; for Cercyon striatus Sharp 1882:108].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [284]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps (Marsham, 1802).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: decaying organic matter, omnivore, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Mainly cattle dung.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)