Contacyphon laevipennis (Tournier, 1868)
(a marsh beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesContacyphon laevipennis (a marsh beetle)
GenusContacyphon (a genus of beetles)
FamilySCIRTIDAE (marsh beetles)
SuperfamilySCIRTOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kevan, D.K. 1963 (Correction to Descriptions, figures and keys to the British Cyphon) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 99: 31.

Contacyphon laevipennis (a marsh beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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