Sphoerodes

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Sphoerodes is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Sphoerodes, found in Africa.[2][3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Adephaga
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Sphoerodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Licininae
Tribe: Oodini
Subtribe: Oodina
Genus: Sphoerodes
Chaudoir, 1883
Synonyms
  • Sphaerodes Bates, 1886 (incorrect subsequent spelling)[1]
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Species

These four species belong to the genus Sphoerodes:[2][3]

  • Sphoerodes camerunus Basilewsky, 1951 (Cameroon)
  • Sphoerodes gracilior Alluaud, 1917 (Tanzania)
  • Sphoerodes impunctatus Bates, 1886 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya)
  • Sphoerodes striatus (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)

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