Scirtidae

Family of beetles

Scirtidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Cyphon padi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Superfamily:	Scirtoidea
Family:	Scirtidae Fleming, 1821
Subfamilies
Nipponocyphoninae Scirtinae Stenocyphoninae
Synonyms^[1]
Elodiidae Shuckard, 1839

Scirtidae is a family of beetles (Coleoptera). These beetles are commonly referred to as marsh beetles, as the larvae are typically associated with stagnant water, but can be found in flowing water. Adults prefer decomposing plant material near the water's edge.^[2] More than an estimated 600 species are known worldwide, distributed among at least 60 genera.^[3]

Genera

These 81 genera belong to the family Scirtidae:^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Accolabass Watts, 2009
Alpestriscyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Amplectopus Sharp, 1886
Anocyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Anthocara Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Anticyphon Ruta, 2016
Atopida White, 1846
Austrocyphon Zwick, 2013
Brachelodes Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1961
Brachycyphon Fairmaire, 1896
Byrrhopsis Champion, 1913
Calvariopsis Ruta, 2019
Calvarium Pic, 1918
Chameloscyphon Watts, 2011
Chilarboreus Ruta, 2011
Contacyphon Des Gozis, 1886
Copiacyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Cygnocyphon Zwick, 2015
Cyphanodes Broun, 1893
Cyphanus Sharp, 1878
Cyphonogenius Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1961
Cyphotelus Sharp, 1878
Cyprobius Sharp, 1878
Daploeuros Watts, 2011
Dasyscyphon Watts, 2011
Elodes Latreille, 1796
Eurycyphon Watts, 2011
Exneria Klausnitzer, 2013
Exochomoscirtes Pic, 1916
Furcacyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Herthania Klausnitzer, 2006
Heterocyphon Armstrong, 1953
Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858
Indiocyphon Pic, 1918
Latuscara Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Leptocyphon Zwick, 2015
Macrocyphon Pic, 1918
Macrodascillus Carter, 1935
Meatopida Kialka & Ruta, 2018
Memorocyphon Pic, 1918
Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863
Mesocyphon Sharp, 1878
Microcara Thomson, 1859
Miocyphon Wickham, 1914
Nanocyphon Zwick, 2013
Nasutuscyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Nektriscyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Nipponocyphon Lawrence & Yoshitomi, 2007
Nothocyphon Zwick, 2015
Nyholmia Klausnitzer, 2013
Odeles Klausnitzer, 2004
Ora Clark, 1865 (flea marsh beetles)
Papuacyphon Zwick, 2014
Paracyphon Zwick, 2015
Peneveronatus Armstrong, 1953
Perplexacara Watts, Bradford & Cooper, 2021
Petrocyphon Watts, 2011
Pictacara Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Plagiocyphon Yablokov-Khnzorian, 1961
Prionocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858
Prionoscirtes Champion, 1897
Pseudomicrocara Armstrong, 1953
Pumiliocara Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Ruborcara Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Sacodes LeConte, 1853
Saltuscyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Saprocyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Sarabandus Leech, 1955
Scirtes Illiger, 1807
Sisyracyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Spaniosdascillus Watts, 2011
Spilotocyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Stenocyphon Lawrence, 2001
Tasmanocyphon Zwick, 2013
Tectocyphon Zwick, 2015
Tenebriocyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Vadumcyphon Watts, Cooper & Libonatti, 2020
Veronatus Sharp, 1878
Yoshitomia Klausnitzer, 2013
Ypsiloncyphon Klausnitzer, 2009

Fossil genera

†Mesernobius Engel 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
†Miocyphon Wickham 1914 Florissant Formation, Colorado, Eocene

References

^ ^a ^b "Scirtidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^ Epler, J.H. (2010). The Water Beetles of Florida – an identification manual for the families Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Helophoridae, Hydraenidae, Hydrochidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae, Ptilodactylidae and Scirtidae. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. p. 414.
^ Thomas, Michael C. (2002). Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; et al. (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
^ "Browse Scirtidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^ "Scirtidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^ "Scirtidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

External links

Media related to Scirtidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Scirtidae at Wikispecies

Extant Coleoptera families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

Suborder Archostemata
Crowsoniellidae (Crowsoniella relicta) Cupedidae (reticulated beetles) Jurodidae (Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae) Micromalthidae (telephone-pole beetle) Ommatidae

Suborder Adephaga

Extant families	Amphizoidae (trout-stream beetles) Aspidytidae Carabidae (ground beetles) Cicindelidae (tiger beetles) Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles) Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles) Haliplidae (crawling water beetles) Hygrobiidae Meruidae (Meru phyllisae) Noteridae (burrowing water beetles) Trachypachidae (false ground beetles)

Suborder Myxophaga
Hydroscaphidae (skiff beetles) Lepiceridae Sphaeriusidae Torridincolidae

Suborder Polyphaga

Bostrichiformia

Bostrichoidea	Bostrichidae (auger beetles) Dermestidae (skin beetles) Endecatomidae Jacobsoniidae (Jacobson's beetles) Nosodendridae (wounded-tree beetles) Ptiniidae (furniture beetles, death watch beetles, spider beetles)
Derodontoidea	Derodontidae (tooth-necked fungus beetles)

Cucujiformia

Chrysomeloidea	Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) Disteniidae Megalopodidae Orsodacnidae Oxypeltidae Vesperidae
Cleroidea	Acanthocnemidae (Acanthocnemus nigricans) Biphyllidae (false skin beetles) Byturidae (fruitworm beetles) Chaetosomatidae Cleridae (checkered beetles) Lophocateridae Mauroniscidae Melyridae (soft-wing flower beetles) Metaxinidae (Metaxina ornata) Peltidae Phloiophilidae (Phloiophilus edwardsi) Phycosecidae Prionoceridae Protopeltidae Rentoniidae Rhadalidae Thanerocleridae Thymalidae Trogossitidae (bark-gnawing beetles)
Coccinelloidea	Akalyptoischiidae Alexiidae Anamorphidae Bothrideridae (dry bark beetles) Cerylonidae (minute bark beetles) Coccinellidae (lady beetles, or God's cows) Corylophidae (minute fungus beetles) Discolomatidae Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles) Eupsilobiidae Euxestidae (well polished beetles) Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles) Murmidiidae Mycetaeidae Teredidae
Cucujoidea	Agapythidae (Agapytho foveicollis) Boganiidae Cavognathidae Cryptophagidae (silken fungus beetles) Cucujidae (flat bark beetles) Cybocephalidae Cyclaxyridae Erotylidae (pleasing fungus beetles) Helotidae Hobartiidae Kateretidae (short-winged flower beetles) Laemophloeidae (lined flat bark beetles) Lamingtoniidae (Lamingtonium binnaberrense) Monotomidae (root-eating beetles) Myraboliidae Nitidulidae (sap beetles) Passandridae (parasitic flat bark beetles) Phalacridae (shining flower beetles) Phloeostichidae Priasilphidae Propalticidae Protocucujidae Silvanidae (silvanid flat bark beetles) Smicripidae (palmetto beetles) Sphindidae (dry-fungus beetles) Tasmosalpingidae
Curculionoidea (weevils)	Anthribidae (fungus weevils) Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils) Belidae (primitive weevils) Brentidae (straight snout weevils, New York weevil) Caridae Curculionidae (true weevils, bark beetles, ambrosia beetles) Nemonychidae (pine flower weevils)
Lymexyloidea	Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)
Tenebrionoidea	Aderidae (ant-like leaf beetles) Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles) Archeocrypticidae (cryptic fungus beetles) Boridae (conifer bark beetles) Chalcodryidae Ciidae (minute tree-fungus beetles) Melandryidae (false darkling beetles) Meloidae (blister beetles) Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles) Mycetophagidae (hairy fungus beetles) Mycteridae (palm and flower beetles) Oedemeridae (false blister beetle) Perimylopidae, or Promecheilidae Prostomidae (jugular-horned beetles) Pterogeniidae Pyrochroidae (fire-coloured beetles) Pythidae (dead log bark beetles) Ripiphoridae (wedge-shaped beetles) Salpingidae (narrow-waisted bark beetles) Scraptiidae (false flower beetles) Stenotrachelidae (false longhorn beetles) Synchroidae (synchroa bark beetles) Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles) Tetratomidae (polypore fungus beetles) Trictenotomidae Ulodidae Zopheridae (ironclad beetles, cylindrical bark beetles)

Elateriformia

Buprestoidea	Buprestidae (jewel beetles, or metallic wood-boring beetles) Schizopodidae
Byrrhoidea	Byrrhidae (pill beetles) Callirhipidae (cedar beetles) Chelonariidae (turtle beetles) Cneoglossidae Dryopidae (long-toed water beetles) Elmidae (riffle beetles) Eulichadidae (forest stream beetles) Heteroceridae (variegated mud-loving beetles) Limnichidae (minute mud beetles) Lutrochidae (travertine beetles) Psephenidae (water-penny beetles) Ptilodactylidae
Dascilloidea	Dascillidae (soft bodied plant beetles) Rhipiceridae (cicada beetle, cicada parasite beetles)
Elateroidea	Artematopodidae (soft-bodied plant beetles) Brachypsectridae (Texas beetles) Cantharidae (soldier beetles) Cerophytidae (rare click beetles) Elateridae (click beetles) Eucnemidae (false click beetles) Jurasaidae Lampyridae (fireflies) Lycidae (net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false metallic wood-boring beetles)
Rhinorhipoidea	Rhinorhipidae (Rhinorhipus tamborinensis)
Scirtoidea	Clambidae Decliniidae (Declinia relicta) Eucinetidae (plate-thigh beetles) Scirtidae

Scarabaeiformia

Scarabaeoidea

Belohinidae (Belohina inexpectata)
Bolboceratidae
Diphyllostomatidae (false stag beetles)
Geotrupidae (dor beetles)
Glaphyridae (bumble bee scarab beetles)
Glaresidae (enigmatic scarab beetles)
Hybosoridae (scavenger scarab beetles)
Lucanidae (stag beetles)
Ochodaeidae (sand-loving scarab beetles)
Passalidae (betsy beetles)
Pleocomidae (rain beetles)
Scarabaeidae (scarabs)
Trogidae (hide beetles)

Staphyliniformia

Histeroidea	Histeridae (clown beetles) Sphaeritidae (false clown beetles) Synteliidae
Hydrophiloidea	Epimetopidae Georissidae (minute mud-loving beetles) Helophoridae Hydrochidae Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles) Spercheidae
Staphylinoidea	Agyrtidae (primitive carrion beetles) Hydraenidae Leiodidae (round fungus beetles) Ptiliidae (feather-winged beetles) Silphidae (carrion beetles) Staphylinidae (rove beetles)

List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera

Taxon identifiers
Scirtidae	Wikidata: Q135397 Wikispecies: Scirtidae AFD: Scirtidae BioLib: 7804 BOLD: 111678 BugGuide: 16991 CoL: G46 EoL: 8612 EPPO: 1SCISF Fauna Europaea: 11138 Fauna Europaea (new): 09bfabed-ffa1-4850-a982-d5b3ffc0dc90 GBIF: 7849 iNaturalist: 47595 IRMNG: 104846 ITIS: 113924 NBN: NHMSYS0001720046 NCBI: 110010 NZOR: b153133c-752d-4a04-ae23-95b71b143fc1 Open Tree of Life: 61011 Paleobiology Database: 346332 Plazi: 396787A7-5C6F-1B67-FF1D-FEFFFC56F1AC

Taxon identifiers

Scirtidae