SPHINDIDAE Jacquelin du Val, 1860
(slime mould beetles)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySPHINDIDAE (slime mould beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 7 (Clavicornia) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 7, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Pope, R.D. 1953 Coleoptera: Coccinellidae & Sphindidae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol V, Part 7, 12pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Larvae

van Emden, F.I. 1943 Larvae of British Beetles IV: Various small families EMM 79: 263 Ent. Mon. Mag. 78-9: 209-223.

SPHINDIDAE (slime mould beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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