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Family Sphaeritidae - False Clown Beetles

Sphaerites politus.... - Sphaerites politus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)

Family Sphaeritidae (False Clown Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Sphaeritidae Shuckard 1839

Numbers

A single genus, with one species in our area, 4 spp. total(1)

Range

holarctic; in our area, w. NA (AK-n.CA to AB-MT)(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 1 November, 2007 - 6:41pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 5:15pm

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