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Psephenus

Psephenus is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about 13 described species in Psephenus.

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Psephenus
Psephenus herricki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Psephenidae
Subfamily: Psepheninae
Genus: Psephenus
Haldeman, 1853

Psephenus is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about 13 described species in Psephenus.123

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Psephenus:

  • Psephenus arizonensis Brown & Murvosh, 1974
  • Psephenus falli Casey, 1893
  • Psephenus haldemani Horn, 1870
  • Psephenus herricki (Dekay, 1844)
  • Psephenus lutulentus Scudder, 1900
  • Psephenus minckleyi Brown & Murvosh, 1974
  • Psephenus montanus Brown & Murvosh, 1974
  • Psephenus murvoshi Brown, 1970
  • Psephenus oresbius Spangler, 1968
  • Psephenus palpalis Champion, 1913
  • Psephenus spangleri
  • Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967 (Texas water penny)
  • Psephenus usingeri Hinton, 1934
References

References

  1. "Psephenus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Psephenus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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