Cercyon floridanus

Horn, 1890

Cercyon floridanus is a small water scavenger beetle in the Hydrophilidae, first described by George Henry Horn in 1890. The belongs to the diverse Cercyon, which contains numerous small hydrophilid beetles associated with moist or aquatic . It is recorded from the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.

Cercyon (10.3897-zookeys.681.12522) Figure 7 by Arriaga-Varela E, Seidel M, Deler-Hernández A, Senderov V, Fikáček M (2017) A review of the Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles. ZooKeys 681: 39-93. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.681.12522. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.Cercyon (10.3897-zookeys.681.12522) Figure 2 by Arriaga-Varela E, Seidel M, Deler-Hernández A, Senderov V, Fikáček M (2017) A review of the Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles. ZooKeys 681: 39-93. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.681.12522. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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How to pronounce Cercyon floridanus: /ˈsɛrsɪˌɒn flɔːrɪˈdeɪnəs/

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Distribution

Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina) and Grand Cayman Island.

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