Sphaeridium Fabricius, 1775
(a genus of scavenger water beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Sphaeridium lunatum
a scavenger water beetle
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 		Species 2 images
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
a scavenger water beetle
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 		Species 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSphaeridium (a genus of scavenger water beetles)
SubfamilySPHAERIDIINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyHYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial 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)

Sphaeridium (a genus of scavenger water beetles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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