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Species Sphaeridium lunatum

Dung loving Water Beetle.... - Sphaeridium lunatum

beetle in wet cow dung - Sphaeridium lunatum

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

Species lunatum (Sphaeridium lunatum)

Explanation of Names

Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792

Size

4.3-7.0 mm

Identification

Most similar to S. scarabaeoides. See Berge Henegouwen (1989).

Range

widely distributed in US and southern Canada, also found in Mexico; native to Palaearctic

Remarks

Introduced species

Print References

Berge Henegouwen, A. van. 1989. Sphaeridium marginatum reinstated as a species distinct from S. bipustulatum (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Entomologische berichten 49: 168-170. Link to PDF

Contributed by Boris Büche on 3 August, 2007 - 3:18am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, mpintar
Last updated 19 February, 2022 - 7:54am

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