Spercheidae
Spercheus
Andrew Short
Introduction
The smallest of the Hydrophiloid families with less than twenty species in a single genus, Spercheidae is notable for being perhaps the only filter-feeders among the Coleoptera. Spercheids are primarily found in the Old World, although at least two species are known from South America.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Spercheus emarginatus |
|---|---|
| Reference | Reitter, Edmund. 1908. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Band 2. Fauna Germanica. K. G. Lutz Verlag, Stuttgart. |
| Source Collection | BioLib Online Library of Biological Books |
About This Page
Andrew Short
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Andrew Short at
Page copyright © 2007 Andrew Short
Page: Tree of Life
Spercheidae. Spercheus.
Authored by
Andrew Short.
The TEXT of this page is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 3.0. Note that images and other media
featured on this page are each governed by their own license, and they may or may not be available
for reuse. Click on an image or a media link to access the media data window, which provides the
relevant licensing information. For the general terms and conditions of ToL material reuse and
redistribution, please see the Tree of Life Copyright
Policies.
- First online 24 April 2007
- Content changed 29 June 2007
Citing this page:
Short, Andrew. 2007. Spercheidae. Spercheus. Version 29 June 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Spercheus/9214/2007.06.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
