SPHAERIUSIDAE Erichson, 1845
(scavenger beetles)

SPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles)
SuborderMYXOPHAGA (a suborder of beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Duff, A.G. 2012 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, 496pp

SPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to SPHAERIUSIDAE (scavenger beetles):

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