Cercyon Leach, 1817
(a genus of scavenger water beetles)

Interactions where Cercyon is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may attract larva Esymus merdarius a dung beetle Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Esymus merdarius/Esymus merdariusa dung beetlelarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Hydrophilidae/Cercyon/Cercyona genus of scavenger water beetles larva is associated with
(live) live adult is ectoparasitised by ascoma Hydrophilomyces a laboulbeniomycete Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae New British Laboulbeniales, Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Laboulbeniomycetes/Laboulbeniales/Laboulbeniaceae/Hydrophilomyces/Hydrophilomycesa laboulbeniomyceteascoma Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Hydrophilidae/Cercyon/Cercyona genus of scavenger water beetlesliveadult ascoma ectoparasitises live adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Weir, A. & Beakes, G.W., 1993New British LaboulbenialesMycol. Res. Vol 97 (9): 1045-1055.

Cercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cercyon bifenestratus
a scavenger water beetle
Species 1 trophisms
Cercyon littoralis
a scavenger water beetle
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles)
SubfamilySPHAERIDIINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyHYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles)

Cercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cercyon (a genus of scavenger water beetles):

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