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Species Sphindus americanus

beetle - Sphindus americanus small fungus beetle - Sphindus americanus small fungus beetle - Sphindus americanus Beetle - Sphindus americanus Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle - Sphindus americanus small beetle - Sphindus americanus - female Unknown beetle - Sphindus americanus Sphindidae, Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle, dorsal - Sphindus americanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Cucujoidea
No Taxon (Erotylid series)
Family Sphindidae (Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles)
Genus Sphindus (Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles)
Species americanus (Sphindus americanus)
Explanation of Names
Sphindus americanus LeConte 1866
Size
1.5-2.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA to BC (TX-FL-NB-BC) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Remarks
"There are several undescribed, cryptic species in that complex. I have been leaving them as 'Sphindus nr. americanus' or 'S. americanus?' until I can revise that genus." --Joe McHugh's comment
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 April, 2007 - 9:33pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 12 March, 2024 - 4:24pm

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