New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
Abstract The cryptic slime mold beetles, Sphindidae, are a moderately diverse cucujoid beetle family, whose members are obligately tied to slime molds throughout their life. The fossil record of sphindid beetles is sparse; stem-sphindids and crown-group members of uncertain systematic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2021-11-01
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Series: | Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |
Online Access: | https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/72724/download/pdf/ |