Family Scirtidae

(=Helodidae)

The marsh beetles

reviewed by R. Roughley, August 1992

Subfamily Helodinae

Cyphon Paykull

• C. sp. #1, MB, ME-WI, FL (HIG, LIB, PIN)
• C. sp. #2, TX, MI-NY, FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, IND, MON, ORA, OSC, PAL, PAS, PIN)
• C. americanus Pic, IN, NY, DE, FL (HIL)
• C. cooperi Sherman, NY, FL (PIN)
• C. nebulosus (LeConte), NT, NH-NE, FL (ALA)
• C. padi Linnaeus, UT-FL, Europe, Siberia
• C. perplexus Blatchley, MI, VA-FL (BRA, HIG, IND, LIB, PAS, PIN, PUT, SEM)
• C. punctatus (LeConte), BC, PQ-TX, FL (ALA)
• C. variabilis Thunberg, BC-ID-CO-FL

Elodes Latreille

• E. pulchella Guérin, ON, NY-TX, FL (ALA, PIN, VOL)

Ora Clark

• O. hyacintha Blatchley, FL (MON, OKA, PIN, Lake Okeechobee (t.l.))
• O. texana Champion, GA, FL (DAD, MAN, MON, PIN)
• O. troberti Guérin, TX, FL (COLL, DAD, MON)

Prionocyphon Redtenbacher

• P. discoideus (Say), ON-OH-AR-FL (JEF, in J.H. Epler Coll.)

Scirtes Illiger

• S. orbiculatus (Fabricius), TX, MN-PQ, ME-FL (PIN)
• S. ovalis Blatchley, NC, FL (HIG, IND, PIN)
• S. piceolus Blatchley, FL (PIN)
• S. tibialis Guérin-Méneville, Can-IN-FL (DAD, MON)

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