Cercyon (Cercyon) nigriceps (Marsham, 1802)

Dermestes nigriceps Marsham, 1802: 72 .

Dermestes atricapillus Marsham, 1802: 72 .

Cercyon atriceps Stephens, 1829: 151 .

Cercyon bimaculatus Stephens, 1829: 152 .

Sphaeridium centrimaculatus Sturm, 1807: 23 .

Dermestes inustus Marsham, 1802: 76 .

Dermestes laevis Marsham, 1802: 73 .

Cercyon mundus Melsheimer, 1844: 102 .

Cercyon nubilipennis Stephens, 1835: 401 .

Cercyon panamensis Hansen 1999a: 286 .

Cercyon pulchellus Heer, 1841: 492 .

Cercyon testaceus Stephens, 1829: 152 .

Cercyon vicinalis Walker, 1859: 258; Biswas & Mukhopadhyay 1995: 153; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2003: 38; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2004: 452; Mukhopadhyay 2015: 387.

Cercyon nigriceps: Hansen 1999a: 285; Hebauer 2002a: 44; Hansen 2004: 63; Ryndevich & Hebauer 2010: 331, figs., 1, 4; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 67; Przewoźny 2022: 32.

Type locality: Sri Lanka (Ryndevich & Hebauer 2010).

Distribution in India: Manipur (Loktak Lake), Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh (Etawah), and West Bengal (Kolkata).

Global distribution: Widely distributed in Australian, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Nearctic, and Oriental regions.