Sphoerodes

Sphoerodes is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Sphoerodes, found in Africa.^[2][3]

Sphoerodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Licininae
Tribe:	Oodini
Subtribe:	Oodina
Genus:	Sphoerodes Chaudoir, 1883
Synonyms
Sphaerodes Bates, 1886 (incorrect subsequent spelling)[1]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Sphoerodes:^[2][3]

• Sphoerodes camerunus Basilewsky, 1951 (Cameroon)
• Sphoerodes gracilior Alluaud, 1917 (Tanzania)
• Sphoerodes impunctatus Bates, 1886 (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya)
• Sphoerodes striatus (Dejean, 1831) (Africa)