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 ofbeetles, in the suborderPolyphaga.^[1][2] They are calledslime mold beetles due to their exclusive feeding onslime 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 ofLibanopsis, placed in the extinct subfamilyLibanopsinae.

Eight living genera are placed in Sphindidae:

• AspidiphorusLatreille, 1829^[4]
• CarinisphindusMcHugh, 1900^[4][5][6][7]
• EurysphindusLeConte, 1878^[4][5][6][7]
• GenisphindusMcHugh, 1993^[4][6][7]
• OdontosphindusLeConte, 1878^[4][5][6][7]
• ProtosphindusSen Gupta and Crowson, 1979^[6][7]
• SphindiphorusSen Gupta and Crowson, 1979^[4][6][7]
• SphindusMegerle in Dejean, 1821^[4][5][6][7] (cryptic slime mold beetles)
• †TrematosphindusLi & Cai, 2021,^[3]Burmese amber, Myanmar, and Taimyr amber, Russia;^[8] Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †BurmopsKirejtshuk et al. 2019^[9] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Additionally the extinct subfamilyLibanopsinae contains the genusLibanopsis encompassing five species fromCretaceousLebanese amber.^[10]

• Sphindidae Tree of Life
• Data related toSphindidae at Wikispecies

• Sphindidae
• Cucujoidea families

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