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Species Synchita fuliginosa

Zopheridae (Ironclad Beetle), dorsal - Synchita fuliginosa

Cylindrical Bark 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

Species fuliginosa (Synchita fuliginosa)

Explanation of Names

Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer 1846

Size

1.8-3.0 mm(1)

Range

e. NA (NS-FL to SK-TX) / ne Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)

Habitat

common under bark of dead hardwoods(3)(5); on tree bark infested with fungus, especially Endothia(6)

Food

Adults eat fungus, including Endothia (E. parasitica causes the Chestnut blight)

Print References

Melsheimer, F.E. (1846) Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2(5): 98-118.

Schuh R. (1998) Revision of the Synchita variegata species group (Coleoptera: Zopheridae, Colydiinae). Ann. zool. 48: 313-324. (Abstract)

Works Cited

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

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

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

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist Derek Sikes. 2004. Rhode Island Natural History Survey.

6.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 25 April, 2006 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 July, 2023 - 12:03am

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