Sphindus
{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Sphindus dubius (Gyllenhal, 1808).png
| image_caption = Sphindus dubius
| taxon = Sphindus
| authority = Megerle, 1821
| type_species = Sphindus dubius
| type_species_authority = (Gyllenhall, 1808)
}}
Sphindus is a genus of cryptic slime mold beetles in the family Sphindidae. There are at least three described species in Sphindus.
Species
Several species belong to the genus Sphindus:
- Sphindus americanus LeConte, 1866
- Sphindus crassulus Casey, 1898
- Sphindus dubius (Gyllenhall, 1808)
- Sphindus trinifer Casey, 1898
References
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{{Cite web| title=Sphindus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=708223
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Sphindus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1043017
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Sphindus genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/58159
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
}}
Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| title = A revision of Eurysphindus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Sphindidae) and a review of sphindid classification and phylogeny
| date = 1993
| last1 = McHugh | first1 = Joseph V.
| journal = Systematic Entomology
| volume = 18| issue = 1| pages = 57–92
| doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00654.x
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea
| date = 2007
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-8788757675
}}
{{refend}}
External links
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- {{Commons category-inline|Sphindus}}
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Category:Taxa described in 1821
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