Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Hydrophiloidea > Family Hydrophilidae > Subfamily Hydrophilinae > Tribe Sphaeridiini > Genus Cercyon > Subgenus Cercyon (Cercyon)

Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps (Marsham, 1802)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cercyon*	Leach, 1817	accepted genus name
*Cerycon*	Rey, 1886	generic synonym
*Cheilocercyon*	Seidlitz, 1888	generic synonym
*Cyceron*	Shatrovskiy, 1992	generic synonym
*Epicercyon*	Kuwert, 1890	generic synonym
*Ercycon*	Rey, 1886	generic synonym
*Paraliocercyon*	Ganglbauer, 1904	generic synonym

Species group names

*Dermestes nigriceps*	Marsham, 1802	objective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) atriceps*	Stephens, 1829	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) atriceps*	Gemminger & Harold, 1868	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) bimaculatus*	Stephens, 1829	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) mundus*	Melsheimer, 1844	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps*	Motschulsky, 1863	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) nubilipennis*	Stephens, 1835	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) pulchellus*	Heer, 1841	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) simplex*	Delahon, 1913	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) testaceus*	Stephens, 1829	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) ustulatus*	Stephens, 1829	subjective synonym
*Cercyon (Cercyon) vicinalis*	Walker, 1859	subjective synonym
*Dermestes atricapillus*	Marsham, 1802	subjective synonym
*Dermestes inustus*	Marsham, 1802	subjective synonym
*Dermestes laevis*	Marsham, 1802	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium centrimaculatus*	Sturm, 1807	subjective synonym

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Citation

Ribera, Ignacio & Hernando, C. Hansen, Dr Michael. Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps (Marsham, 1802). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=189361