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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cucujoidea » Erotylid series » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindidae) » Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles (Sphindus) » Sphindus americanus complex (Sphindus americanus)

Species Sphindus americanus - Sphindus americanus complex

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Slime Mold Beetles - Sphindus americanus tiny hairy beetle - Sphindus americanus Cryptic Slime Mold Beetle - Sphindus americanus Small, brown, hairy beetle with odd antennae - Sphindus americanus Sphindus americanus? - Sphindus americanus Sphindus americanus Sphindus americanus Sphindidae - 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 complex)
Explanation of Names
Sphindus americanus LeConte 1866
Size
1.5‒2.5 mm(1)
Identification
Holotype
Range
transcontinental (BC‒NB to TX‒FL)(2)(1)
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
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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 April, 2007 - 9:33pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 7 August, 2024 - 10:19pm

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