Alexiidae
| Alexiidae | |
|---|---|
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| Sphaerosoma pilosum (Panzer, 1793) Size: 1.5 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Coccinelloidea |
| Family: | Alexiidae Imhoff, 1856 |
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]
- (Reitter, 1889)
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Apfelbeck, 1909
- Reitter, 1909
- Peyerimhoff, 1917
- (Reitter, 1885)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- (Reitter, 1883)
- (Reitter, 1888)
- (Reitter, 1888)
- (Reitter, 1901)
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- Roubal, 1932
- Ganglbauer, 1899
- (Sturm, 1807)
- Ganglbauer, 1899
- Obenberger, 1917
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- (Reitter, 1888)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- Sahlberg, 1913
- (Reitter, 1904)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- (Reitter, 1883)
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Peyerimhoff, 1917
- Obenberger, 1917
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Obenberger, 1913
- Obenberger, 1913
- (Reitter, 1877)
- (Frivaldszky, 1881)
- (Panzer, 1793)
- (Frivaldszky, 1881)
- (Reitter, 1878)
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Obenberger, 1917
- Samouelle, 1819
- Apfelbeck, 1916
- (Ormay, 1888)
- (Reitter, 1885)
- (Reitter, 1889)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
- Reitter, 1904
- Reitter, 1909
- Apfelbeck, 1909
- Peyerimhoff, 1917
- (Reitter, 1883)
- Peyerimhoff, 1917
- (Reitter, 1885)
- Apfelbeck, 1915
References[]
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cucujoidea - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
- ^ "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.
External links[]
Categories:
- Coccinelloidea
- Polyphaga families
- Monogeneric arthropod families
- Polyphaga stubs