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Sphaeriusoidea
Taxonomy
Sphaerioidea is a superfamily. It is extant.
It was corrected as Sphaeriusoidea by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Sphaeriiformia by Crowson (1981); and to Myxophaga by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Sphaeriusoidea by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Sphaeriiformia by Crowson (1981); and to Myxophaga by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Cai et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1981 | Sphaerioidea Crowson p. 694 |
| 2011 | Sphaeriusoidea Bouchard et al. p. 98 |
| 2022 | Sphaeriusoidea Cai et al. |
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Superfm. Sphaeriusoidea
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Fm. Hydroscaphidae LeConte 1874 [skiff beetle]
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Subfm. Hydroscaphinae LeConte 1874
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Subfm. †Leehermaniinae Kirejtshuk et al. 2023
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Subfm. †Triamyxinae Qvarnström et al. 2021
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Invalid names: Sphaeriidae Erichson 1845 [empty], Torridincolidae Steffan 1964 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available