Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Hydrophiloidea > Family Hydrophilidae > Subfamily Hydrophilinae > Tribe Sphaeridiini > Genus Sphaeridium

Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaeridium*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Dermestes scarabaeoides*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Dermestes quadrimaculatum*	Marsham, 1802	subjective synonym
*Dermestes quadrimaculatum*	Schrank, 1781	subjective synonym
*Dermestes tricolor*	Fourcroy, 1785	subjective synonym
*Hister testudinarium*	De Geer, 1774	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium confluens*	Endrody-Younga, 1967	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium crenatum*	Palisot de Beauvois, 1817	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium maculatum*	Reitter, 1909	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium marginatum*	Normand, 1933	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium pictum*	Faldermann, 1835	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium pictum*	Ménétriés, 1832	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium quadrimaculatum*	Kuster, 1845	subjective synonym
*Sphaeridium striolatum*	Heer, 1841	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Rødplettet møgkær sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Mestkogeltje

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Ribera, Ignacio & Hernando, C. Hansen, Dr Michael. Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=189235