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Sphindidae (cryptic slime mold beetle)
Taxonomy
Sphindidae was named by Jacquelin du Val (1860). It is extant.
It was assigned to Clavicornia by Crowson (1981); to Cucujoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Robertson et al. (2015), Kirejtshuk (2015), Kirejtshuk et al. (2019) and Li and Cai (2021); and to Nitiduloidea by Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Clavicornia by Crowson (1981); to Cucujoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Robertson et al. (2015), Kirejtshuk (2015), Kirejtshuk et al. (2019) and Li and Cai (2021); and to Nitiduloidea by Cai et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val |
| 1877 | Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter p. 198 |
| 1981 | Aspidiphorinae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1981 | Sphindidae Crowson p. 697 |
| 1995 | Sphindidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2011 | Sphindidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2015 | Sphindidae Kirejtshuk p. 462 |
| 2015 | Sphindidae Robertson et al. |
| 2019 | Sphindidae Kirejtshuk et al. p. 603 |
| 2021 | Sphindidae Li and Cai p. 589 |
| 2022 | Sphindidae Cai et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val 1860 [cryptic slime mold beetle]
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Subfm. †Libanopsinae Kirejtshuk 2015
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G. †Libanopsis Kirejtshuk 2015
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†Libanopsis impexa Kirejtshuk 2015
†Libanopsis limosa Kirejtshuk 2015
†Libanopsis poinari Kirejtshuk 2015
†Libanopsis slipinskii Kirejtshuk 2015
†Libanopsis straminea Kirejtshuk 2015
Subfm. Protosphindinae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1979
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Subfm. Sphindinae Jacquelin du Val 1860
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G. †Trematosphindus Li and Cai 2021
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†Trematosphindus kirejtshuki Legalov et al. 2024
†Trematosphindus newtoni Li and Cai 2021
Invalid names: Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter 1877 [synonym], Odontosphindinae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1979 [empty], Sphindiphorinae Sen Gupta and Crowson 1979 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Lebanon | Libanopsis limosa (123435) Libanopsis poinari, Libanopsis impexa (122471) Libanopsis slipinskii (154705) Libanopsis straminea (123416) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Burmops neli (172900) Trematosphindus newtoni (161726) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Russian Federation | Trematosphindus kirejtshuki (35051) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Aspidiphorus orbiculatus (168264 168265 168266 168269 168271 168272) |