Sphaeridium

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Sphaeridiinae
Tribus: Sphaeridiini
Genus: Sphaeridium
Species: S. abbreviatum – S. abditum – S. abductum – S. affine – S. aschenborni – S. balfourbrownei – S. bimaculatum – S. bipunctatum – S. bipustulatum – S. bipustulatum – S. bisinuatum – S. bottegoi – S. braziliense – S. caffrum – S. chrysomelinum – S. circumcinctum – S. corradinii – S. densepunctatum – S. dimidiatum – S. discolor – S. dolum – S. exile – S. eximium – S. fallaciosum – S. flavomaculatum – S. huijbregtsi – S. inopinatum – S. inquinatum – S. jongemai – S. kolleri – S. lunatum – S. marginatum – S. ornatum – S. ortivum – S. pellucidum – S. plagiatum – S. punctiforme – S. quinquemaculatum – S. reticulatum – S. rubrum – S. ruficolle – S. rufipes – S. rufipes – S. scarabaeoides – S. senegalense – S. seriatum – S. severini – S. sigillum – S. simplicipes – S. substriatum – S. testudineum – S. thomsoni – S. vaccarium – S. vitalisi – S. weiri
Name

Sphaeridium Fabricius, 1775

References

Allemand, R.; LeBlanc, P. 2004: Identification des Sphaeridium de France (Coleoptera Hydrophilidae). L’Entomologiste, 60(3): 125–131. PDF
Hansen, M. 1999: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). World catalogue of insects, 2. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-31-5 ISSN: 1398-8700
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. pp. 233–467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Otronen, M.; Hanski, I. 1983: Movement patterns in Sphaeridium: differences between species, sexes, and feeding and breeding individuals. Journal of animal ecology, 52(3): 663–680. JSTOR
van Berge Henegouwen 1986: Sphaeridium huijbregtsi, a new species from Halmahera, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie, 122(7-8): 253–257. [not seen]
van Berge Henegouwen 1986: Two new African species of the genus Sphaeridium Fabricius and a record of the Palearctic S. scarabaeoides (L.) from tropical Africa (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 100(4): 465–471. [not seen]
van Berge Henegouwen 1992: Notes on the genus Sphaeridium Fabricius in tropical Africa with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae). Storkia, 1: 14–24. [not seen]

Links

BHL bibliography
Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Sphaeridium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page.
Sphaeridium – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sphaeridium.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names
čeština: Kalomil
русский: Шаровидка

Sphaeridium is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. They occur in Europe, and some species have been introduced to North America.[1]

Description

The adults are 4 to 7.5 millimeters long. They have short antennae with hairy clubs at the tips.[2]

These beetles live in cow dung. The adults feed on the dung and other organic matter,[1] but the beetle larvae are predators of the maggots of the flies that breed in the dung, such as the face fly (Musca autumnalis). Two or more Sphaeridium beetle species may coexist in one pat, and the larvae may feed on each other. The female beetle deposits several eggs encased in a cocoon.[3]
Species

Species include:[4]

Sphaeridium abbreviatum Boheman, 1851
Sphaeridium abditum Orchymont, 1943
Sphaeridium abductum J.Balfour-Browne, 1950
Sphaeridium affine Berge Henegouwen, 1987
Sphaeridium aschenborni Berge Henegouwen, 1992
Sphaeridium balfourbrownei M.Hansen, 1999
Sphaeridium bipunctatum Thunberg, 1794
Sphaeridium bipustulatum Fabricius, 1781
Sphaeridium bisinuatum J.Balfour-Browne, 1950
Sphaeridium bottegoi Marcuzzi, 1941
Sphaeridium braziliense Berge Henegouwen, 1986
Sphaeridium caffrum Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Sphaeridium chrysomelinum (Klug, 1833)
Sphaeridium circumcinctum Régimbart, 1907
Sphaeridium corradinii Marcuzzi, 1941
Sphaeridium daemonicum Fikáček & Kropáček, 2015
Sphaeridium densepunctatum Berlov & Shatrovskiy, 1989
Sphaeridium dimidiatum Gory, 1834
Sphaeridium discolor Orchymont, 1933
Sphaeridium dolum J.Balfour-Browne, 1950
Sphaeridium exile Boheman, 1851
Sphaeridium eximium Berge Henegouwen, 1992
Sphaeridium fallaciosum J.Balfour-Browne, 1950
Sphaeridium flavomaculatum Orchymont, 1924
Sphaeridium huijbregtsi Berge Henegouwen, 1986
Sphaeridium inopinatum J.Balfour-Browne, 1958
Sphaeridium inquinatum Kugelann, 1798
Sphaeridium jongemai Berge Henegouwen, 1987
Sphaeridium kolleri Orchymont, 1925
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792
Sphaeridium marginatum Fabricius, 1787
Sphaeridium melanarium Gistel, 1831
Sphaeridium ornatum Boheman, 1851
Sphaeridium ortivum Orchymont, 1943
Sphaeridium pellucidum Rossi, 1794
Sphaeridium plagiatum Thunberg, 1794
Sphaeridium punctiforme Schrank, 1798
Sphaeridium quinquemaculatum Fabricius, 1798
Sphaeridium rubrum Thunberg, 1794
Sphaeridium ruficolle Frolich, 1792
Sphaeridium rufipes Schrank, 1785
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphaeridium senegalense Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Sphaeridium seriatum Orchymont, 1913
Sphaeridium severini Orchymont, 1919
Sphaeridium sigillum Orchymont, 1943
Sphaeridium simplicipes Marcuzzi, 1941
Sphaeridium substriatum Faldermann, 1838
Sphaeridium testudineum Rossi, 1794
Sphaeridium thomsoni Orchymont, 1919
Sphaeridium vaccarium Kugelann, 1798
Sphaeridium vitalisi Orchymont, 1925
Sphaeridium weiri Berge Henegouwen, 1992

References
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Hanski, I. (1980). The three coexisting species of Sphaeridium (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Ann. Entomol. Fenn 46, 39-48.
Watson, L. and Dallwitz, M. J. Sphaeridium. British Insects: Water Beetles. Version: 18 September 2012.
Sowig, P. (1997). Predation among Sphaeridium larvae: the role of starvation and size differences (Coleoptera Hydrophilidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 9(3), 241-251.

Sphaeridium. Fauna Europaea. Version 2.6.2.