Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Staphyliniformia → superfamily Hydrophiloidea → family Hydrophilidae → subfamily Sphaeridiinae → tribe Sphaeridiini → genus Sphaeridium → species Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

Species name(s)

Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphaeridium crenatum Palisot de Beauvois 1817 = Sphaeridium maculatum Reitter 1909 = Sphaeridium marginatum Normand 1933 = Sphaeridium pictum Faldermann 1835 = Sphaeridium pictum Ménétriés 1832 = Dermestes quadrimaculatum Marsham 1802 = Dermestes quadrimaculatum Schrank 1781 = Sphaeridium striolatum Heer 1841 = Hister testudinarium De Geer 1774 = Dermestes tricolor Fourcroy 1785 = Sphaeridium confluens Endrody-Younga 1967 = Sphaeridium quadrimaculatum Kuster 1845. [10, 186]

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Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Josef Dvořák.

References

[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov