Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a scavenger water beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaeridium scarabaeoides (a scavenger water beetle)
GenusSphaeridium (Zoo.) (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)
Records of Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (a scavenger water beetle) :
1: Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (a scavenger water beetle)
24 Aug 2014 OSGR: SD86 54° 10’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Female, thinly coated in dung, walking on ground
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (a scavenger water beetle)
18 Aug 2013 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Cow dung
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (a scavenger water beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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