Sphindidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Cucujoidea

Familia: Sphindidae
Subfamiliae (4 + 1†): Odontosphindinae - Protosphindinae - Sphindinae - Sphindiphorinae - †Libanopsinae
Name

Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858
Synonyms

Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter, 1877 (1859)
Coniporidae Thomson, 1859

References

Forrester, J.A.; McHugh, J.V. 2010: 10.5. Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1861. Pp. 300-306 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 455
McHugh, J.V.; Forrester, J.A. 2009: Family Sphindidae. Pp. 102-105 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983

Links

Australian Faunal Directory [stub]
Sphindidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of the family Sphindidae of Russia

Vernacular names
English: Cryptic slime mold beetle
français: Sphindide

Sphindidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.[1][2] They are also known as 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, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
†Burmops Kirejtshuk et al. 2019[8] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Additionally the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae contains the genus Libanopsis encompassing five species from Cretaceous Lebanese amber.[9]
References

"Family SPHINDIDAE". environment.gov.au. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
"Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea"". nomen.at. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
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.
"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.; 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.
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.