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Sphaerius  Waltl, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 112739

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Microsporus Kolenati, 1846
  
    Neosphaerius Oke, 1954
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro  
                                  SuborderMyxophaga Crowson, 1955  
                                     SuperfamilySphaeriusoidea Erichson, 1845  
                                        FamilySphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845  
                                           GenusSphaerius Waltl, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Sphaerius acaroides Waltl, 1838  
                                              Species Sphaerius africanus (Endrödy-Younga, 1997)  
                                              Species Sphaerius alticola (Löbl, 1995)  
                                              Species Sphaerius gustavlohsei (Löbl, 1995)  
                                              Species Sphaerius humicola (Löbl, 1995)  
                                              Species Sphaerius madecassus Paulian, 1949  
                                              Species Sphaerius politus Horn, 1868  
                                              Species Sphaerius sylvicola (Löbl, 1995)  
                                              Species Sphaerius texanus Matthews, 1899  
       

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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, database (version May 2025)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2024). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Sphaerius   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hall, W. Eugene / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., and Michael C. Thomas, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family 3. Microsporidae Crotch, 1873   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Beetles, vol. 1: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia   
  Page(s): 24-26   
  Publisher: CRC Press LLC   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-1925-0   
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  Reference for: Sphaerius   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: 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)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 57, no. 3   
  Page(s): 182-184   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
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  Reference for: Sphaerius   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jäch, M. A.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 and Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by the partial revocation of Opinion 1331   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 56, no. 2   
  Page(s): 117-120   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Although previously suppressed in Opinion 1331 (September 1985), Sphaerius Waltl 1838 was conserved in Opinion 1957 (September 2000), in a partial revocation of Opinion 1331  
 

 

    

 
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