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Sphaeriidae  Erichson, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 112737

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Common Name(s): minute bog beetles [English]
  
  Valid Name: Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, incorrect original spelling   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2010   
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Sphaeriidae, minute bog beetles [English]   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Opinion 1957: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved; and Sphaeriidae Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera): spelling emended to Sphaeriusidae, so removing the homonymy with Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1854 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 57, no. 3   
  Page(s): 182-184   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
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  Reference for: Sphaeriidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jäch, M. A.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 and Sphaeriusidae Erichson, 1845 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by the partial revocation of Opinion 1331   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 56, no. 2   
  Page(s): 117-120   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0007-5167   
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  Reference for: Sphaeriidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 779-1006   
  Publisher: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN   
  Publication Place: Warszawa, Poland   
  ISBN/ISSN: 83-85192-34-4   
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  Reference for: Sphaeriidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Homonymy with bivalve (Mollusca) family Sphaeriidae (TSN 81389) was addressed in "Opinion 1957: Sphaerius Waltl, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved; and Sphaeriidae Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera): spelling emended to Sphaeriusidae, so removing the homonymy with Sphaeriidae Deshayes, 1854 (1820) (Mollusca, Bivalvia)" (ICZN, 2000)  
 

 

    

 
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