Sphindidae

Not to be confused with Sphingidae.

Sphindidae Temporal range: Mid-Barremian - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sphindus dubius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
Subfamilies and Genera
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Sphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. ^{[1] [2]} 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. ^[3] 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 ^[4]
• Carinisphindus McHugh, 1900 ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• Eurysphindus LeConte, 1878 ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• Genisphindus McHugh, 1993 ^{[4] [6] [7]}
• Odontosphindus LeConte, 1878 ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• Protosphindus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979 ^{[6] [7]}
• Sphindiphorus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979 ^{[4] [6] [7]}
• Sphindus Megerle in Dejean, 1821 ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} (cryptic slime mold beetles)
• † Trematosphindus Li & Cai, 2021, ^[3] Burmese amber, Myanmar, and Taimyr amber, Russia; ^[8] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• † Burmops Kirejtshuk et al. 2019 ^[9] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Additionally the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae contains the genus Libanopsis encompassing five species from Cretaceous Lebanese amber. ^[10]

References

1. "Family SPHINDIDAE". environment.gov.au. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
2. "Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea"". nomen.at. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
3. Li, Yan-Da; Tihelka, Erik; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-11-23). "New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 79: 587–597. doi: 10.3897/asp.79.e72724 . ISSN   1864-8312.
4. "Sphindidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. "Sphindidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
6. "Browse Sphindidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
7. "Sphindidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
8. Legalov, Andrei A.; Vasilenko, Dmitry V.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E. (2024). "A new species of the genus Trematosphindus Li et Cai, 2021 (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) from Cenomanian Taimyr amber". Ecologica Montenegrina. 71: 165–171. doi: 10.37828/em.2024.71.15 .
9. Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Willig, Cyril; Chetverikov, Philipp E. (2019-12-20). "Discovery of a new sphindid genus (Coleoptera, Sphindidae, Protosphindinae) in Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar and taxonomic notes". Palaeoentomology. 2 (6): 602–610–602–610. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.11. ISSN   2624-2834.
10. Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Chetverikov, Philipp E.; Azar, Dany (2015). "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". Cretaceous Research. 52, Part B: 461–479. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.008.

External links

• Sphindidae Tree of Life
• Data related to Sphindidae at Wikispecies