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Subfamily Sphaeridiinae

Cercyon · Cryptopleurum · Dactylosternum · Phaenonotum · Sphaeridium

Genus Cercyon
Host fungus for pale apex mushroom beetle - Cercyon Golden fungus beetle - Cercyon blond-backed hydrophilid - Cercyon quisquilius Cercyon assecla Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon praetextatus Water Scavenger Beetle - Cercyon praetextatus seaweed beetle - Cercyon another seaweed beetle - Cercyon

Genus Cryptopleurum
brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile brown mushroom beetle - Cryptopleurum subtile tiny one - Cryptopleurum minutum tiny one - Cryptopleurum minutum Sphaeridiine - Cryptopleurum subtile

Genus Dactylosternum
Hydrophilidae from rotting Saguaro Cactus - Dactylosternum cacti

Genus Phaenonotum
small black waterbeetle - Phaenonotum exstriatum small black waterbeetle - Phaenonotum exstriatum Hydrophilidae - Phaenonotum exstriatum Hydrophilidae - Phaenonotum exstriatum

Genus Sphaeridium
cream & red spotted cow dung beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides cream & red spotted cow dung beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Dung Beetle - Sphaeridium lunatum - female horse droppings beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Beetle - ? - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Beetle - ? - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium bipustulatum


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