Sphaeriusidae

Sphaerius acaroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphaeriusoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Myxophaga Superfamilia: Sphaeriusoidea

Familia: Sphaeriusidae
Genera (2 + 1†): Bezesporum – 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 of Sphaeriidae Jeffreys, 1862 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia)]
    • 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

Primary references

• 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(3): 182–184. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_77 .
• Fikáček, M., Yamamoto, S., Matsumoto, K., Beutel, R.G. & Maddison, D.R. 2022. Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present-day diversity. Systematic Entomology 48(2): 233–249. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12571 . Reference page. 
• 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. BHL.
• Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2009. A new genus and species of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera, Myxophaga) from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber. Denisia 26: 99–102. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• 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