Species Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus quisquilius Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna svecica sistens animalia sveciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii [48] + 578 pp. [138].
• Sphaeridium dispar Paykull, G. von 1798. Fauna Suecica; Insecta (Coleoptera). Upsaliae : Edman Vol. 1 358 pp. [62].
• Scarabaeus minimus Scopoli, G.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica, exhibens Insecta Carniolæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae [=Vienna] : Trattner xxxvi 420 pp. [12].
• Dermestes flavus Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [71].
• Cercyon flavipenne Küster, H.C. 1848. Die Käfer Europa's. Nach der Natur beschrieben. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe 100 pp., 2 pls. [no. 56] [attrib. Handschuch in litt.].
• Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius mulsanti Ganglbauer, L. 1904. Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa. Wien. : Karl Gerold's Sohn Vol. 4(1) 286 pp. [280] [as Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius var. mulsanti for scutellare sensu Mulsant 1844].
• Sphaeridium xantopterum Laicharting, J.N.E. von 1781. Verzeichniss und Beschreibung der Tyroler-Insecten. I. Theil, Käferartige Insecten. Zürich : J.C. Füessly Tom. 1 xii 248 pp. [85].

 

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. [287]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cercyon (Cercyon) quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cercyon quisquilium scutellare Mulsant, 1844 [as Cercyon quisquilium var. scutellare attrib. Stephens; misidentification, not Cercyon scutellare Stephens]. —
  Mulsant, E. 1844. Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Palpicornes. (errata et addenda on p. 197). Paris : L. Maison vii 197 pp. pl. 1. [166]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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)