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Synchroa Bark Beetles (Synchroidae)
Family Synchroidae - Synchroa Bark Beetles
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