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Sphaericus
Sphaericus is a genus of spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are more than 30 described species in the genus Sphaericus.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sphaericus ptinoides
speciesSphaericus ptinoides
Sphaericus gibboides
speciesSphaericus gibboides
Sphaericus pinguis
speciesSphaericus pinguis
Sphaericus bicolor
speciesSphaericus bicolor
Sphaericus selvagensis
speciesSphaericus selvagensis
Sphaericus velhocabrali
speciesSphaericus velhocabrali
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Sphaericus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 378177.