Shore ball beetle
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The shore ball beetle ( Sphaerius acaroides ) is a beetle from the family of the ball beetles (Sphaeriusidae).
Occurrence
The shore ball beetle can often be found in the sand and in plant remains at the edges of water. Due to its small size of 0.50 to 0.75 millimeters, however, it is usually not seen or mistaken for a water mite. The scientific name is derived from the term "Acari", which means mite . Otherwise, very little is known about the way of life of the beetles and their larvae. In Europe, the shore ball beetle is the only species within the ball beetle family.
Synonyms
- Microsporus acaroides Waltl, 1838
- Microsporus obsidianus Kolenati, 1846
literature
- AG Duff: Microsporus acaroides Waltl. (Col .: Microsporidae) , in: Dorset. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 128 (1540-1543): 214, 1992
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. Volume 2 p. 265, KG Lutz, Stuttgart 1909
- Edmund Reitter: Fauna Germanica - The beetles of the German Empire. 5 volumes, Stuttgart KG Lutz 1908 - 1916, digital library volume 134, Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-898-53534-7
- Jiři Zahradník, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al .: Käfer of Central and Northwestern Europe , Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1
Web links
Commons : Shore Ball Beetle - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Red list of endangered water beetles (Coleoptera aquatica) in Bavaria
- Sphaerius acaroides at Fauna Europaea
- Atlas of beetles of Russia (English)
- David R. Maddison: Sphaeriusidae. Minute Bog Beetles . Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) , http://tolweb.org/Sphaeriusidae/9053/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org