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Genus Synchita

Synchita fuliginosa Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Synchita parvula Unknown Coleoptera - Synchita adventive-or-new Cylindrical Bark Beetle - Synchita fuliginosa beetle - Synchita fuliginosa beetle - Synchita fuliginosa Microsicus obscura - Synchita parvula Beetle - Synchita fuliginosa
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cicones Curtis 1827, Microsicus Sharp 1894(1)
Explanation of Names
Synchita Hellwig 1792
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, 10 in the New World, >40 worldwide(1)
Identification
e. US (NJ‒FL‒OK) and one in the west (OR‒CA to ID‒AZ)(2)
Range
subcosmopolitan; in NA, 3 spp. in the East, one western, and one recently found in FL(3)(2)
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
3.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 Jim McClarin on 25 April, 2006 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2024 - 2:22pm

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