Alexiidae

Alexiidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga, formerly included within the family Cerylonidae.[1][2] Alexiidae are very small, almost half spherical beetles with clubbed antennae. They are fungivores found in leaf litter or decaying wood. The family contains the single genus Sphaerosoma with the following species:[3]

  • Sphaerosoma algiricum (Reitter, 1889)
  • Sphaerosoma alutaceum (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma antennarium Apfelbeck, 1909
  • Sphaerosoma apuanum Reitter, 1909
  • Sphaerosoma bicome Peyerimhoff, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma bosnicum (Reitter, 1885)
  • Sphaerosoma carniolicum Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma carpathicum (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma circassicum (Reitter, 1888)
  • Sphaerosoma clamboides (Reitter, 1888)
  • Sphaerosoma compressum (Reitter, 1901)
  • Sphaerosoma corcyreum (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma csikii Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma diversepunctatum Roubal, 1932
  • Sphaerosoma fiorii Ganglbauer, 1899
  • Sphaerosoma globosum (Sturm, 1807)
  • Sphaerosoma hemisphaericum Ganglbauer, 1899
  • Sphaerosoma hispanicum Obenberger, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma laevicolle (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma latitarse Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma lederi (Reitter, 1888)
  • Sphaerosoma leonhardi Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma libani Sahlberg, 1913
  • Sphaerosoma maritimum (Reitter, 1904)
  • Sphaerosoma merditanum Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma meridionale (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma nevadense (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma normandi Peyerimhoff, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma obscuricorne Obenberger, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma obsoletum (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma paganetti Obenberger, 1913
  • Sphaerosoma rotundatum Obenberger, 1913
  • Sphaerosoma pilosellum (Reitter, 1877)
  • Sphaerosoma pilosissimum (Frivaldszky, 1881)
  • Sphaerosoma pilosum (Panzer, 1793)
  • Sphaerosoma pubescens (Frivaldszky, 1881)
  • Sphaerosoma punctatum (Reitter, 1878)
  • Sphaerosoma puncticolle (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma purkynei Obenberger, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma quercus Samouelle, 1819
  • Sphaerosoma rambouseki Apfelbeck, 1916
  • Sphaerosoma reitteri (Ormay, 1888)
  • Sphaerosoma scymnoides (Reitter, 1885)
  • Sphaerosoma seidlitzi (Reitter, 1889)
  • Sphaerosoma shardaghense Apfelbeck, 1915
  • Sphaerosoma solarii Reitter, 1904
  • Sphaerosoma sparsum Reitter, 1909
  • Sphaerosoma sturanyi Apfelbeck, 1909
  • Sphaerosoma subglabrum Peyerimhoff, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma sublaeve (Reitter, 1883)
  • Sphaerosoma tengitinum Peyerimhoff, 1917
  • Sphaerosoma vallambrosae (Reitter, 1885)
  • Sphaerosoma winneguthi Apfelbeck, 1915

Alexiidae
Sphaerosoma pilosum (Panzer, 1793) Size: 1.5 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Alexiidae
Imhoff, 1856

References
  2. http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea
  3. "Checklist of the Alexiidae of the World (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Alexiidae of the World. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 8 Jul 2011.


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