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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Sphaeridiinae » Sphaeridium

Genus Sphaeridium

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Dung Beetle - Sphaeridium lunatum In Cowdung - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Hydrophilid - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Small Scarab (?) Beetle - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium bipustulatum hister beetle? - Sphaeridium lunatum Dung loving Water Beetle.... - Sphaeridium lunatum DelPuerto-0BG.J.1967.01 - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Genus Sphaeridium
Explanation of Names
Sphaeridium Fabricius 1775
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, all adventive(1)
Identification
Key to Palaearctic species by Berge Henegouwen (1989) includes all Nearctic species (S. substriatum is listed in the key but not found in North America)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, now widespread in NA(1)
Habitat
decaying organic material, esp. fresh mammal droppings(1)
Internet References
van Berge Henegouwen, A. 1989. Sphaeridium marginatum reinstated as a species distinct from S. bipustulatum (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Entomologische berichten 49: 168-170. Link to PDF
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 Stephen_WV on 14 February, 2005 - 7:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 19 February, 2022 - 7:42am

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