Sphaericus

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Sphaericus
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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]

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Species

These 36 species belong to the genus Sphaericus:

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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.

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