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Family: Sphaeriidae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Coleoptera (beetles) > Suborder: Myxophaga

Minute beetles (< 1 mm long) with clubbed antennae. Adults and larvae live at the edge of streams in mud and gravel. Likely to occur in southern Africa but not yet recorded.