| Sphindidae Temporal range:
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| Sphindus dubius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1858 |
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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.
- ^ "Family SPHINDIDAE". environment.gov.au. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ "Nomen.at - Search "Cucujoidea"". nomen.at. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ Li, Yan-Da; Tihelka, Erik; Liu, Zhen-Hua; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang (2021-11-23). "New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 79: 587–597. doi:10.3897/asp.79.e72724. ISSN 1864-8312.