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Microsicus variegatus (LeConte) - Synchita lecontei
Copyright © 2011 courtesy M.S. Caterino/SBMNH

Microsicus variegatus (LeConte) - Synchita lecontei
Angeles NF, San Dimas Experimental Forest, Volfe Cyn., Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 21, 2007
Lindgren trap, 15-28.iv.2007

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Contributed by v belov on 5 March, 2011 - 7:44pm

Microsicus now a synonym of Synchita
The current name is Synchita lecontei Ivie, Lord, Foley, and Slipinski, 2016. These authors synonymized Microsicus Sharp, 1894 with Synchita Hellwig in Schneider, 1792. Furthermore, they found that Synchita variegata LeConte, 1858 (the original name of this beetle) was a junior secondary homonym within the genus and so had to be replaced. Their new replacement name, as already noted above, is Synchita lecontei Ivie, Lord, Foley, and Slipinski 2016.
Reference: Ivie, M.A., N.P Lord, I.A. Foley, and S.A. Slipinski (2016). Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the New World: A key and nomenclatural acts 30 years in the making. Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (4): 755-788. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1328468
… Michael K. Oliver, Ph.D., 17 January, 2017 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

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