BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
POLYPHAGA
(mainly terrestrial beetles)
Cucujiformia
(a group of beetles)
CUCUJOIDEA
(a superfamily of beetles)
SPHINDIDAE
(slime mould beetles)
Sphindidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
SPHINDIDAE (slime mould beetles)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.)
Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia)
Pope, R.D., 1953
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae & Sphindidae
SPHINDIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
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