Sphaerius
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Familia: Sphaeriusidae
Genus: Sphaerius
Species: S. acaroides - S. africanus - S. alticola - S. coenensis - S. coomani - S. cribratus - S. favosus - S. gustavlohsei - S. hispanicus - S. humicola - S. laeviventris - S. madecassus - S. politus - S. obsoletus - S. ovensensis - S. papulosus - S. perlaevis - S. scutellaris - S. silvicola - S. spississimus - S. tesselatus - S. texanus - S. tropicus
[edit] Name
Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 [placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1985), with the Name Number 2164; deleted and placed instead on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (2000)]
[edit] Gender
masculine (ICZN, 2000)
[edit] Synonyms
- Microsporus Kolenati, 1846 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Melville (1985), with the Name Number 2272]
- Neosphaerius Oke, 1954
[edit] Type species
- Microsporus Kolenati: Microsporus obsidianus Kolenati, 1846 [=Sphaerius acaroides Waltl, 1838], by monotypy (Melville, 1985)
- Neosphaerius Oke:
- Sphaerius Waltl: Sphaerius acaroides Waltl, 1838, by monotypy (ICZN, 2000)
[edit] References
[edit] cited sources
- 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: 182-184. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
- 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. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
- Oke, C.G. 1954: Australian species of Sphaeriidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 65: 57–59. ISSN: 0035-9211
- Waltl, J. 1838: Beiträge zur nähem naturhistorischen Kenntniß des Unterdonaukreises in Bayern. Isis von Oken, 1838: 250–273. BHL
[edit] additional references
- 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.
- 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. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
- Löbl, I. 1995: New species of terrestrial Microsporus from the Himalaya (Coleoptera: Microsporidae). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer, 91: 129-138.
