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Cercyon haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775) (a species of scavenging water-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Cercyon flavipes)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea

Family: Hydrophilidae

Subfamily: Sphaeridiinae

Tribe: Megasternini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Cercyon haemorrhoidalis
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