Sphindidae

Sphindidae; Temporal range: Mid-Barremian - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Sphindus dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Sphindidae; Jacquelin du Val, 1858
Subfamilies and Genera
	See text

Sphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] Palaeontological discoveries in 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[3]
Carinisphindus McHugh, 1900[3][4][5][6]
Eurysphindus LeConte, 1878[3][4][5][6]
Genisphindus McHugh, 1993[3][5][6]
Odontosphindus LeConte, 1878[3][4][5][6]
Protosphindus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979[5][6]
Sphindiphorus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979[3][5][6]
Sphindus Megerle in Dejean, 1821[3][4][5][6] (cryptic slime mold beetles)

Additionally the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae contains the genus Libanopsis encompassing five species from Cretaceous Lebanese amber.[7]

References

"Family SPHINDIDAE". environment.gov.au. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
"Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea"". nomen.at. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
"Sphindidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Sphindidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Browse Sphindidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
"Sphindidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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

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[1] "Family SPHINDIDAE". environment.gov.au. Retrieved November 2, 2010.

[2] "Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea"". nomen.at. Retrieved November 2, 2010.

[gbif-3] "Sphindidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[bugref-4] "Sphindidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[catlife-5] "Browse Sphindidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[itis-6] "Sphindidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

[Kirejtshuk2015-7] 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.