Sphaeriusidae

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: Myxophaga
Superfamilia: Sphaeriusoidea

Familia: Sphaeriusidae
Genera (2): Sphaerius - †Burmasporum
Name

Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845
placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by ICZN (2000: 182)
Incorrect original spelling: Sphaeriidae [junior homonym]
placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology by Melville (1985), with the Name Number 504; emended by ICZN (2000: 182)
Type genus: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838
Stem: Sphaerius-
as per ruling by ICZN (2000: 182)

Synonymy

Microsporidae Crotch, 1873
placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology by Melville (1985), with the Name Number 574; emended by ICZN (2000: 182)
Type genus: Microsporus Kolenati, 1846 [=Sphaerius Waltl, 1838]
Stem: Microspor-

References
cited sources

ICZN 2000: Opinion 1957. Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved; and Sphaeriidae Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera): spelling emended to Sphaeriusidae, so removing the homonymy with Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1854 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 57: 182–184. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
Melville, R.V. 1985: Opinion 1331. Sphaeriidae Jeffreys, 1862 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and Microsporidae Reichardt, 1976 (Insecta, Coleoptera): placed on the official list. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 42: 230–232. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
Waltl, J. 1838: Beiträge zur nähem naturhistorischen Kenntniß des Unterdonaukreises in Bayern. Isis von Oken, 1838: 250–273. BHL

Additional references

Beutel, R.G.; Arce-Pérez, R. 2005: 6.3. Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (Jäch 1999) (= Microsporidae). Pp. 48-49 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Beutel, R.G.; Raffaini, G.B. 2003: A new record of Sphaeriusidae for Argentina (Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Koleopterologische rundschau, 73: 1–6.
Britton, E.B. 1966: On the larva of Sphaerius and the systematic position of the Sphaeriidae (Coleoptera). Australian journal of zoology, 14: 1193–1198. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9661193
Endrödy-Younga, S. 1997: Microsporidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga), a new family for the African continent. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 36: 309–311.
Hall, W.E. 2000: 3. MICROSPORIDAE Crotch, 1873. Pp. 24-26 in: Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C. (eds.): American beetles. Volume 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
Hangay, G.; Zborowski, P. 2010: A guide to the beetles of Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood VIC, Australia. ISBN 9780643094871 ISBN 0643094873
Jäch, M.A. 1999: Case 3052. Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 and Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by the partial revocation of Opinion 1331. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 56: 117–120. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2009: A new genus and species of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga) from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber. Denisia, 26: 99–102. Abstract
Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 ed. I. Löbl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2003 and 2004
ISBN 87-88757-73-0, p.25

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Sphaeriusidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Maddison, David R. 1995. Sphaeriusidae. Minute Bog Beetles. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
Atlas of Sphaeriusidae of Russia - project by A.G. Kirejtshuk and A. Herrmann
EoL (as Microsporidae)
EoL (as Sphaeriusidae)

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kugelkäfer
English: minute bog beetles
lietuvių: Šratvabaliai
norsk: Sandstrandbiller
русский: Шаровики