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Sphaeriidae (disused)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeriidae was named by Erichson (1845). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sphaerioidea by Crowson (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Sphaeriidae Erichson
1981Sphaeriidae Crowson p. 694

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderMyxophagaCrowson 1955
superfamilySphaeriusoidea
familySphaeriidaeErichson 1845
familySphaeriidaeErichson 1845

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Sphaeriidae Erichson 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available