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Species Synchita fuliginosa

tan/brown - Synchita fuliginosa Small, dark, hairy beetle - Synchita fuliginosa Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Synchita fuliginosa beetle - Synchita fuliginosa Beetle - Synchita fuliginosa Synchita fuliginosa Deja vu - Synchita fuliginosa Deja vu - Synchita fuliginosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetles)
Subfamily Colydiinae (Cylindrical Bark Beetles)
Tribe Synchitini
Genus Synchita
Species fuliginosa (Synchita fuliginosa)
Explanation of Names
Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer 1846
Size
1.8-3.0 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (NS-FL to SK-TX) / ne Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)
Habitat
common under bark of dead hardwoods(3)(5); on tree bark infested with fungus, especially Endothia(6)
Food
Adults eat fungus, including Endothia (E. parasitica causes the Chestnut blight)
Print References
Melsheimer, F.E. (1846) Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2(5): 98-118.
Schuh R. (1998) Revision of the Synchita variegata species group (Coleoptera: Zopheridae, Colydiinae). Ann. zool. 48: 313-324. (Abstract)
Works Cited
1.Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina
Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist
Derek Sikes. 2004. Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
6.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.