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Genus of beetles

Sphindus
Sphindus dubius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Sphindidae
Genus: Sphindus
Megerle, 1821
Type species
Sphindus dubius
(Gyllenhall, 1808)

Sphindus is a genus of cryptic slime mold beetles in the family Sphindidae. There are at least three described species in Sphindus.

Sphindus americanus

Species

Several species belong to the genus Sphindus:

References

  1. "Sphindus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Sphindus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Sphindus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • McHugh, Joseph V. (1993). "A revision of Eurysphindus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Sphindidae) and a review of sphindid classification and phylogeny". Systematic Entomology. 18 (1): 57–92. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00654.x.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.

External links

  • Media related to Sphindus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Sphindus


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