Sphindidae
Family of beetles
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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.
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| Sphindidae Temporal range: | |
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| Sphindus dubius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 |
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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]
