Cucujoidea, Latreille, 1802

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 125

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5182961

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cucujoidea
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Superfamily Cucujoidea View in CoL View at ENA

95. FAMILY SPHINDIDAE , the cryptic slime mold beetles

Adults and larvae feed on spores of slime molds.

Sphindus dubius Gyllenhal 1808: 243 ; Gorham 1898a: 328; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 406. Distribution. Grenada. Old World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Notes. This Old World species name needs confirmation. Ivie et al. (2008b: 248) list an undetermined species in this genus on Montserrat. There is also new material of this genus from Grenada and St. Vincent *.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Sphindidae

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