Sphindidae

Sphindidae

Sphindidae

Family of beetles

Not to be confused with Sphingidae.

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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:

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

References

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.


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