Family Synchroidae - Synchroa Bark Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited

Unidentified Click Beetle - Synchroa punctata

Beetle found in my home office in Baltimore MD 7/18/2019 - Synchroa punctata

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 Synchroidae (Synchroa Bark Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Synchroidae Lacordaire 1859

Numbers

tiny family, with 2 spp. in 2 genera in our area and 8 spp. in 3 genera total(1)

Range

e. NA, E.Asia(2)

Habitat

under bark of dead deciduous trees(2)

Internet References

Mallodrya subaenea

Works Cited

1.	Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2005 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, McClarinJ, v belov
Last updated 20 February, 2015 - 9:48am

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