Sphaerosoma pilosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccinelloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Coccinelloidea

Familia: Alexiidae
Genus: Sphaerosoma
Species: Sphaerosoma pilosum

Name

Sphaerosoma pilosum (Panzer, 1793)

Type locality: Germany "Geitel, Brunsvigiae" (forest, in fungus)

Typus: "Mus. Dn. Hellwig"

Synonymy

Tritoma pilosa Panzer, 1793: Legend, Taf.8 (Original combination); e.g. Germar, 1843: 139.
Alexia pilosa (Panzer, 1793), e.g. Jacquelin du Val, 1858 [1857-1859] (Vol.2): 115 (=listing), [etc, see below],
Sphaerosoma pilosum (Panzer, 1793), e.g. Löbl & Smetana (eds.) 2007: 555.

Heteronyms:

Sphaerosoma quercus Samouelle, 1819: 394 (Nomen nudum, stated as "Sphaerosoma Quercus" in listing "according to the views of Dr. Leach")
Sphaerosoma quercus Stephens, 1832: 391 (Stated as junior synonym of "pilosum Panzer, 1793", anonymously published in "Errata for Volume 4" in Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 7 per Löbl & Smetana (eds.) 2011: 31; repeated in Bouchard et al., 2024: 496)

Alexia pilifera var. lunigera Reitter, 1883(a): 241
Alexia ignorans Reitter, 1883(b): 393

Note: See also Alexia pilifera in Jacquelin du Val, 1858 [1857-1859] (Vol.2): 115 (=listing), 225, Pl. 55, fig.275 (plus 275a). ["275. Alexia pilifera Mull"], compare Sphaerosoma piliferum (P.W.J. Müller, 1821).

References

Primary references

Germar, E.F. 1843. Lacordaire’s Eintheilung der Erotylinen. Entomologische Zeitung 4: 131–143. BHL Reference page.
Panzer, G.W.F. (1793–1812): Faunae Insectorum Germanicae [initia oder Deutschlands Insecten]. H. 1–12 (1793), H. 13–24 (1794), H. 25–36 (1796), H. 37–48 (1797), H. 49–60 (1798), H. 61–72 (1799), H. 73–84 (1801), H. 85–96 (1805), H. 97–108 (1809), H. 109 (1812). BHL Reference page.
Samouelle, G. 1819. The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Thomas Boys, London, 496 pp., 12 pls. BHL Reference page.
Stephens, J.F. 1831–1832. Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata, Vol. IV. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 413 pp., pls. 20–23. [published in parts: pp. 1–366, 1831; 367–413, 1832] BHL Reference page.
Reitter, E. 1883. Revision der Alexia-Arten. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 27: 236–242. BHL Reference page.
Reitter, E. 1883. Weitere Mitteilungen über Alexia. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 27: 393–394. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E. & Cai, C-Y. 2024. On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 1194: 1–984. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440 Reference page.
Courtin, O., Perez, C. & Bouget, C. 2017. Les Sphaerosoma de France: découverte de trois nouvelles espèces et description de S. vercorense n. sp. (Coleoptera Alexiidae). L’Entomologiste 73(3): 155–169. ResearchGate Reference page.
Jacquelin du Val, C. 1857-1859. [livr. 49–57: pp. 41–128] In: Manuel entomologique. Généra des coléoptères d’Europe comprenant leur classification en familles naturelles, la description de tous les genres, des tableaux synoptiques destinés à faciliter l’étude, le catalogue de toutes les espèces, de nombreux dessins au trait de charactères et plus de treize cents types représentant un ou plusieurs insectes de chaque genre dessinés et peints d’après nature avec le plus grand soin par M. Jules Migneaux. Tome deuxième. A. Deyrolle, Paris, 285 + [2] pp. BHL Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2007. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 935 pp. ISBN 87-88757-67-6 DOI: 10.1163/9789004260894 (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) 2011. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera: Vol. 7 Curculionoidea I. Apollo books. 373 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4 Reference page.

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Sphaerosoma cf. pilosum (photo by K.V. Makarov)