Sphaericus

Sphaericus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
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 the genus 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. "Sphaericus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. 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.