Species Synchita parvula

Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Synchita parvula

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 parvula (Synchita parvula)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

≡Microsicus parvulus still used in (1) & elsewhere; BG follows (2)

Explanation of Names

Synchita parvula Guérin-Méneville 1844

Size

1.3‒2.5 mm(3)

Range

e.US (NY‒FL to MN‒TX; map)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

2.	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.

3.	Tenebrionoidea of South Carolina Janet C. Ciegler. 2014. Clemson University.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 25 February, 2008 - 5:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 May, 2025 - 1:31pm

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