Sphindidae

Not to be confused with Sphingidae.

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.

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
See text

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]