Sphaericus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. "Sphaericus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Sphaericus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. 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.

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) (PDF). General Technical Report. Vol. FPL–GTR–209. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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