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Subfamily Sphaeridiinae


Hydrophilid - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Cow dung Hydrophilidae - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium? - Sphaeridium lunatum Sphaeridium? - Sphaeridium lunatum Sphaeridium scarabaeoides small beetle living in fresh cow pie - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides small beetle living in fresh cow pie - Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Sphaeridium ? - Sphaeridium

Hydrophilidae - Phaenonotum exstriatum Beetle - Dactylosternum hydrophilid - Dactylosternum abdominale Black Beetle - Dactylosternum Dactylosternum? - Dactylosternum abdominale Sphaeridiinae sp. - Coelostoma orbiculare Sphaeridiinae sp. - Coelostoma orbiculare Beetle - Phaenonotum exstriatum

Cercyon - Cercyon praetextatus Megasternum posticatum (Mannerheim) - Megasternum posticatum Cercyon - Cercyon lateralis - male Cercyon fimbriatus some hydrophilid - Cercyon laminatus Minuscule beetle in compost - Cryptopleurum Sphaeridiinae - Cercyon quisquilius Megasternini - Oosternum