Sphindidae

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| image = Sphindus dubius (Gyllenhal, 1808).png

| image_caption = Sphindus dubius

| taxon = Sphindidae

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| authority = Jacquelin du Val, 1858

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and Genera

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Sphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Sphindidae |title=Family SPHINDIDAE |work=environment.gov.au |access-date=November 2, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://nomen.at/Cucujoidea |title=Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea" |work=nomen.at |access-date=November 2, 2010}} They are called slime mold beetles due to their exclusive feeding on slime molds during adult and larval stages, other aspects of their life history are obscure.{{Cite journal|last=Li|first=Yan-Da|last2=Tihelka|first2=Erik|last3=Liu|first3=Zhen-Hua|last4=Huang|first4=Di-Ying|last5=Cai|first5=Chen-Yang|date=2021-11-23|title=New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)|url=https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/72724/|journal=Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny|language=en|volume=79|pages=587–597|doi=10.3897/asp.79.e72724|issn=1864-8312|doi-access=free}} Palaeontological discoveries since 2015 have added to the geologic history of Sphindidae, including the discovery of Libanopsis, placed in the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae.

Genera

Eight living genera are placed in Sphindidae:

Aspidiphorus Latreille, 1829
Carinisphindus McHugh, 1900
Eurysphindus LeConte, 1878
Genisphindus McHugh, 1993
Odontosphindus LeConte, 1878
Protosphindus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979
Sphindiphorus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979
Sphindus Megerle in Dejean, 1821 (cryptic slime mold beetles)
{{Extinct}}Trematosphindus Li & Cai, 2021, Burmese amber, Myanmar, and Taimyr amber, Russia;{{Cite journal|last1=Legalov |first1=Andrei A. |last2=Vasilenko |first2=Dmitry V. |last3=Perkovsky |first3=Evgeny E. |year=2024 |title=A new species of the genus Trematosphindus Li et Cai, 2021 (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) from Cenomanian Taimyr amber |journal=Ecologica Montenegrina |volume=71 |pages=165–171 |doi=10.37828/em.2024.71.15 |doi-access=free }} Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
{{Extinct}}Burmops Kirejtshuk et al. 2019{{Cite journal|last=Kirejtshuk|first=Alexander G.|last2=Willig|first2=Cyril|last3=Chetverikov|first3=Philipp E.|date=2019-12-20|title=Discovery of a new sphindid genus (Coleoptera, Sphindidae, Protosphindinae) in Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar and taxonomic notes|url=https://www.mapress.com/pe/article/view/palaeoentomology.2.6.11|journal=Palaeoentomology|language=en|volume=2|issue=6|pages=602–610–602–610|doi=10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.11|issn=2624-2834|url-access=subscription}} Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Additionally the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae contains the genus Libanopsis encompassing five species from Cretaceous Lebanese amber.{{Cite journal|last1=Kirejtshuk |first1=Alexander G. |last2=Chetverikov |first2=Philipp E. |last3=Azar |first3=Dany|year=2015 |title=Libanopsinae, new subfamily of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, with remarks on using confocal microscopy for the study of amber inclusions |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=52, Part B |pages=461–479 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.008}}

References

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{{Cite web| title=Sphindidae Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114302

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| access-date=2018-04-21

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{{Cite web| title=Browse Sphindidae

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/f4de43cb7e160e31285eab2da3f80135

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2018-04-21

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{{Cite web| title=Sphindidae

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4763

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2018-04-21

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{{Cite web| title=Sphindidae Family Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/58158

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-04-21

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External links

[http://tolweb.org/Sphindidae Sphindidae] Tree of Life
{{Wikispecies-inline|Sphindidae}}

Category:Cucujoidea families