Sphaericus

Sphaericus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Ptinidae
Tribe:Sphaericini
Genus:Sphaericus
Wollaston, 1854

Sphaericus is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 30 described species in Sphaericus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 36 species belong to the genus Sphaericus:

  • Sphaericus albopictus (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus ambiguus Wollaston, 1865 g
  • Sphaericus ater Leiler, 1984 g
  • Sphaericus bicolor Bélles, 1982 g
  • Sphaericus crotchianus Wollaston, 1864 g
  • Sphaericus dawsoni (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus erinaceus Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus exiguus (Boieldieu, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus flavosquamosus Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus fragilis (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus franzi Leiler, 1984 g
  • Sphaericus gibbicollis Wollaston, 1862 g
  • Sphaericus gibboides Boieldieu, 1854 i c g b (humped spider beetle)
  • Sphaericus leileri Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus longicornis (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus machadoi Belles, 1994 g
  • Sphaericus marmoratus Wollaston, 1865 g
  • Sphaericus naviculiformis Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus nigrescens (Wollaston, 1857) g
  • Sphaericus niveus (Boieldieu, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus nodulus (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus obscurus Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus orbatus (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus orzolensis Leiler, 1984 g
  • Sphaericus pilula (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus pinguis (Wollaston, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus ptinoides (Boieldieu, 1854) g
  • Sphaericus rotundatus Wollaston, 1865 g
  • Sphaericus rotundicollis Israelson, 1980 g
  • Sphaericus saetiger Erber, 2000 g
  • Sphaericus selvagensis Bellés, 2001 g
  • Sphaericus simplex Wollaston, 1862 g
  • Sphaericus thurepalmi Leiler, 1984 g
  • Sphaericus truncatus g
  • Sphaericus velhocabrali Israelson, 1984 g
  • Sphaericus ventriculus Erber, 2000 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sphaericus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Sphaericus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Sphaericus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. 1 2 "Sphaericus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Philips, T. Keith (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of the New World Ptininae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 25 (2): 235–262. ISSN 0307-6970.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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