Sphindus
Sphindus | |
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Sphindus americanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Sphindidae |
Genus: | Sphindus Megerle in Dejean, 1821 |
Sphindus is a genus of cryptic slime mold beetles in the family Sphindidae. There are at least three described species in Sphindus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These three species belong to the genus Sphindus:
- Sphindus americanus LeConte, 1866 i c g b
- Sphindus crassulus Casey, 1898 i c g
- Sphindus trinifer Casey, 1898 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- 1 2 "Sphindus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 "Browse Sphindus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 "Sphindus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- 1 2 "Sphindus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Lord, Nathan Patrick; Hartley, Christopher S.; Lawrence, John F.; McHugh, Joseph V.; et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 35 (4): 753–763. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
- 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. ISSN 0307-6970.
- McHugh, Joseph V. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H., eds. Family 75. Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val 1861. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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