Sphaeridium scarabaeoides Linnaeus 1758 (water scavenger beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Alternative combinations: Dermestes scarabaeoides, Dermestes scaraboides
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Sphaeridium according to C. P. Green et al. 2006
See also Fabricius 1775, Goeze 1777, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Lomnicki 1894 and Scopoli 1763
Sister taxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ukraine (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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