Genus Sphaeridium

Classification

Beetles on Dung - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

cream & red spotted cow dung beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

horse droppings beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Small Scarab (?) Beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)

Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Sphaeridiinae

Genus Sphaeridium

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 14 February, 2005 - 7:32pm

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