Sphaericus
Genus of beetles
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Ptinidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptininae |
| Tribe: | Sphaericini |
| Genus: | Sphaericus Wollaston, 1854 |
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