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False Clown Beetles
Sphaerites
Sphaerites is a genus of beetles, the only genus in the family Sphaeritidae, sometimes called the false clown beetles. There are five known species, which are widespread in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, found in forested or upland areas.
Adults range in length from 4.5–7 mm, with oval bodies, black but with a slight bluish-green sheen.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
False Clown Beetle
speciesSphaerites glabratus
American False Clown Beetle
speciesSphaerites politus
Sphaerites dimidiatus
speciesSphaerites dimidiatus
Sphaerites nitidus
speciesSphaerites nitidus
Sphaerites opacus
speciesSphaerites opacus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 361554.