Sphaeriidae

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Sphaeriidae [sfə′rī·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

The minute bog beetles, a small family of coleopteran insects in the suborder Myxophaga.

Sphaeriidae

a family of small hemispherical beetles measuring 0.6–1.0 mm in length. The hind wings have a fringe of long hairs, and the elytra are not reduced. The beetles live along shores in sand and flotsam. One species occurs in the USSR. The family has not been widely studied.

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No references found			Order Teleodesmacea Family Sphaeriidae Sphaerium sp. An illustrated catalogue of macroscopic subfossils from ... by Swinehart, Anthony L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science There are 266 species in North American fresh waters, including 227 in the Superfamily Unionacea, 37 in the Family Sphaeriidae (four introduced), and two additional exotics, Corbicula fluminea (Asiatic clam) and Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) (McMahon 1991). Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Grand Calumet River by Whitman, Richard L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science			Sperry, Elmer Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Roger Sperry, Roger W. Sperry, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Willard Learoyd sperrylite Speshnev, Nikolai Speshnev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Spessartine Spessartite Speusippus spewing Spey Spey, River Speyer Speyer, Diet of 1529 Speyer, John of Spezia, La SPF SPG SPGA Sphacelariales Sphaeractinoidea Sphaeriales Sphaeriidae Sphaerioidaceae sphaeristerium sphaerite Sphaeritidae Sphaerium Sphaerocarpales Sphaeroceridae Sphaerodoridae Sphaerolaimidae sphaerolitic Sphaeromatidae Sphaerophoraceae Sphaerophorus Sphaeropleineae Sphaeropsidaceae Sphaeropsidales Sphagnaceae Sphagnales Sphagnobrya Sphagnum Sphagnum Bog Sphalerite Sphecidae Sphecoidea Sphenacodontia			Sphacelation Sphacelation Sphacele Sphacele calycina Sphacelia segetum Sphacelia segetum Sphacelia segetum Sphacelia typhina sphacelism sphaceloderma Sphacelotheca Sphacelotheca reiliana sphacelous sphacelus sphacelus sphaera Sphaeractinoidea Sphaeralcea Sphaeralcea coccinea Sphaeralcea fasciculata Sphaeralcea remota Sphaerenchyma Sphaeriaceae Sphaeriales Sphaeriales Sphaeridiotrema Sphaeridiotrema globulosus Sphaeridiotrema spinoacetabulum Sphaeridium Sphaeriidae Sphaerioidaceae Sphaeristerium sphaerite Sphaerites Sphaeritidae Sphaerium Sphaerius sphaero- sphaero- Sphaerobolaceae Sphaerocarpaceae Sphaerocarpales Sphaerocarpales Sphaerocarpos Sphaerocarpus Sphaeroceridae Sphaerodoridae Sphaerolaimidae sphaerolitic Sphaeromatidae Sphaerophoraceae Sphaerophorus Sphaerophorus necrophorus Sphaeropleineae Sphaeropsidaceae Sphaeropsidales

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