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

Subfamily Sphaeridiinae

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

Revision of the subfamily Sphaeridiinae of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By Smetana A.
Mem. Ent. Soc. Canada 105: 1–292, 1978

Abstract • 2 supplements published in 1979 (Can. Entomol. 111: 959‒966) and 1984 (Can. Entomol. 116: 555‒566)

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Contributed by v belov on 22 December, 2011 - 9:16pm

Coelostoma orbiculare (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae): new records and distribution in North America

By Pintar, M.R.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (3): 382–385, 2023

Pintar, M.R. 2023. Coelostoma orbiculare (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae): new records and distribution in North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (3): 382–385.
doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.382

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Contributed by Matthew Pintar on 29 September, 2023 - 1:29pm

A new species of the genus Oosternum and a key to the U.S. species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).

By Spangler, P.J.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 97-100., 1962

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Spangler, P.J. 1962. A new species of the genus Oosternum and a key to the U.S. species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 97-100.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 April, 2014 - 3:19pm

Redescriptions and lectotype designations of Central American species of Phaenonotum Sharp (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) ...

By Albert Deler-Hernández, Martin Fikácek
ZooKeys 579: 83-98, 2016

Full title: Redescriptions and lectotype designations of Central American species of Phaenonotum Sharp (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) based on the type material from the David Sharp collection
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 11 April, 2016 - 10:45pm

Taxonomic Revision Of New World Species Of The Genus Oosternum Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) I. Definition Of

By MARTIN FIKÁČEK, FRANZ HEBAUER, & MICHAEL HANSEN
Zootaxa, 2009

Taxonomic revision of New World species of the genus Oosternum Sharp
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) I. Definition of species groups
and revision of the Oosternum aequinoctiale group (full title - truncated in BG Title field)

lists 4 species from USA

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 28 August, 2024 - 2:31pm

Revision of the beach-dwelling species of Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the West Coast of North America

By Suzumura A., Kobayashi N., Ôhara M.
Col. Bull. 73: 473‒493, 2019

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Contributed by v belov on 24 August, 2023 - 1:45pm

A review of the Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles

By Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Matthias Seidel, Albert Deler-Hernández, Viktor Senderov, Martin Fikácek
ZooKeys 681: 39-93, 2017

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Ten species are recorded (of which five are described as new):
C. armatipenis sp.n.
C. floridanus BG page
C. gimmeli sp.n.
C. insularis
C. nigriceps
C. praetextatus BG page
C. quisquilius
C. sklodowskae sp.n.
C. spiniventris sp.n.
C. taino sp.n.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 22 June, 2017 - 5:58pm

Occurrence of introduced species of the genus Cercyon (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the Neotropical Region

By M. Fikáček
Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 68: 351-357, 2009

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Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2012 - 5:55am

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