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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Myxophaga » Minute Bog Beetles (Sphaeriusidae) » Sphaerius

Genus Sphaerius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited
Specimen 2, ventral - Sphaerius Specimen 2, ventral close - Sphaerius Specimen 3, dorso-lateral, wings spread - Sphaerius Specimen 3, anterior (left palp missing) - Sphaerius Sphaerius larvae?? - Sphaerius Beetle - Sphaerius Beetle - Sphaerius Beetle - Sphaerius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Myxophaga
Family Sphaeriusidae (Minute Bog Beetles)
Genus Sphaerius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microsporus Kolenati 1846
genus needs revision
Explanation of Names
Sphaerius Waltl 1838
Numbers
3 nominal spp. n. of Mex. (1), (~20 spp. worldwide)
Size
0.5-1.2 mm (1)
Range
so. US & WA (1)(2)
worldwide except S. Amer,
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.
2.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 12 July, 2010 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 March, 2014 - 11:12pm

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