Biology:Sphaericus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptininae |
| Tribe: | Sphaericini |
| Genus: | Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854 |
Sphaericus is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Sphaericus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These 36 species belong to the genus Sphaericus:
- Sphaericus albopictus (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus ambiguus Wollaston, 1865
- Sphaericus ater Leiler, 1984
- Sphaericus bicolor Bélles, 1982
- Sphaericus crotchianus Wollaston, 1864
- Sphaericus dawsoni (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus erinaceus Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus exiguus (Boieldieu, 1854)
- Sphaericus flavosquamosus Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus fragilis (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus franzi Leiler, 1984
- Sphaericus gibbicollis Wollaston, 1862
- Sphaericus gibboides Boieldieu, 1854 (humped spider beetle)
- Sphaericus leileri Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus longicornis (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus machadoi Belles, 1994
- Sphaericus marmoratus Wollaston, 1865
- Sphaericus naviculiformis Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus nigrescens (Wollaston, 1857)
- Sphaericus niveus (Boieldieu, 1854)
- Sphaericus nodulus (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus obscurus Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus orbatus (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus orzolensis Leiler, 1984
- Sphaericus pilula (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus pinguis (Wollaston, 1854)
- Sphaericus ptinoides (Boieldieu, 1854)
- Sphaericus rotundatus Wollaston, 1865
- Sphaericus rotundicollis Israelson, 1980
- Sphaericus saetiger Erber, 2000
- Sphaericus selvagensis Bellés, 2001
- Sphaericus simplex Wollaston, 1862
- Sphaericus thurepalmi Leiler, 1984
- Sphaericus truncatus
- Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984
- Sphaericus ventriculus Erber, 2000
References
- ↑ "Sphaericus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=696477. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Sphaericus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1095762. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Sphaericus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/879240. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ Zahradník, Petr; Háva, Jiří (2014). "Catalogue of the world genera and subgenera of the superfamilies Derodontoidea and Bostrichoidea (Coleoptera: Derodontiformia, Bostrichiformia)". Zootaxa 3754 (4): 301–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.1. PMID 24869695. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285634873.
Further reading
- Borowski, Jerzy; Wegrzynowicz, Piotr (2007). World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis. ISBN 9788392618218.
- Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae). General Technical Report. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fpl_gtr209.pdf.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
Wikidata ☰ Q4049896 entry
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