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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Synchroa Bark Beetles (Synchroidae) » Synchroa » Synchroa punctata
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Synchroidae - Synchroa punctata
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Synchroidae - Synchroa punctata
Meredith, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
Eclosed on or about Feb. 1. Up to this point I was for some reason expecting an alle*culine to eclose. Besides having deformed elytra and wing, this beetle still has its rumpled pupal skin attached at the rear. The light coloration means it has only recently eclosed from pupa.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 February, 2007 - 11:38am
Last updated 10 January, 2009 - 4:46pm

Moved
Moved from Synchroa Bark Beetles. Moved per request here.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 10 January, 2009 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

Example
Hi Jim,

my description might have been misleading. I chose a pic from the bugguide fundus to illustrate:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/14948

This larva does not necessarily belong in Alleculinae, though. Larvae of Tenebrionidae proper often look the same.

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 6 February, 2007 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Boris.
The larvae I seem to recall were *way* different. Only psychiatry can solve this mystery -- or perhaps another rearing experiment :-)
… Jim McClarin, 6 February, 2007 - 6:03am login or register to post comments

Expectation
Hi Jim,

why did you expect an Alleculinae? All larvae from this subfamily (I know at least) have a smooth surface and elongate, cylindrical bodies with conical tail without spines - to say in few words: they are "wireworms".

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 5 February, 2007 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
In a word,
I "disremembered" :-) However, I have reared alleculines before and thought I recalled the larvae being different than you describe. Obviously I need to carefully record their development. (There's a possibility I already have but I need to fix the computer those images might be on.)
… Jim McClarin, 5 February, 2007 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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