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.

File:Sphindus americanus P1640569a.jpg

Species

Several species belong to the genus Sphindus:

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

}}

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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

}}

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