Cercyon praetextatus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Cercyon praetextatus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/25/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
Cercyon praetextatus in Washington Co., Maryland (7/18/2023). (c) alisho, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Cercyon praetextatus in Howard Co., Maryland (7/20/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Cercyon praetextatus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/9/2025). (c) Oliver Yung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Cercyon praetextatus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/29/2015). Determined by V. Belov/BugGuide.
Cercyon praetextatus in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/9/2025). (c) Oliver Yung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Cercyon praetextatus in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/24/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Cercyon praetextatus habitat in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/9/2025). (c) Oliver Yung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Cercyon praetextatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercyon |
| Species: | C. praetextatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercyon praetextatus (Say, 1825)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cercyon praetextatus is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cercyon praetextatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Cercyon praetextatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Cercyon praetextatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
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