Psephenus Explained

Psephenus is a genus of water penny beetles in the family Psephenidae. There are about 13 described species in Psephenus.

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Psephenus:

• Psephenus arizonensis Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus falli Casey, 1893
• Psephenus haldemani Horn, 1870
• Psephenus herricki (Dekay, 1844)
• Psephenus lutulentus Scudder, 1900
• Psephenus minckleyi Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus montanus Brown & Murvosh, 1974
• Psephenus murvoshi Brown, 1970
• Psephenus oresbius Spangler, 1968
• Psephenus palpalis Champion, 1913
• Psephenus spangleri
• Psephenus texanus Brown & Arrington, 1967 (Texas water penny)
• Psephenus usingeri Hinton, 1934

Further reading

• Book:
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.