Species Synchita lecontei

Microsicus variegatus - Synchita lecontei

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 lecontei (Synchita lecontei)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Microsicus variegatus (LeConte); Synchita variegata LeConte 1858 non Hellwig in Schneider 1792(1)

Explanation of Names

Synchita lecontei Ivie, Lord, Foley & Slipinski 2016

Range

OR-CA to ID-NM(2)(BG data)

Works Cited

1.	Colydiine genera (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) of the New World: A key and nomenclatural acts 30 Years in the making. Ivie, M.A., N.P. Lord, I.A. Foley and S.A. Ślipiński. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(4): 755–788.

2.	Lord N.P., Nearns E.H., Miller K.B. (2011-2013) Ironclad ID

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 25 February, 2008 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 July, 2021 - 9:30pm

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