Sphindidae
Family of beetles
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Eight living genera are placed in Sphindidae:
- Aspidiphorus Latreille, 1829
- Carinisphindus McHugh, 1900
- Eurysphindus LeConte, 1878
- Genisphindus McHugh, 1993
- Odontosphindus LeConte, 1878
- Protosphindus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979
- Sphindiphorus Sen Gupta and Crowson, 1979
- Sphindus Megerle in Dejean, 1821 (cryptic slime mold beetles)
- †Trematosphindus Li & Cai, 2021, Burmese amber, Myanmar, and Taimyr amber, Russia; Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- †Burmops Kirejtshuk et al. 2019 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Additionally the extinct subfamily Libanopsinae contains the genus Libanopsis encompassing five species from Cretaceous Lebanese amber.
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