Synchita Explained

Synchita is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 20 described species in Synchita. The genus was first described in 1792 by Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig.^{[1] [2]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Synchita:

• Synchita amoena (Fairmaire, 1850)
• Synchita dubia Hinton
• Synchita exilis (Grouvelle, 1898)
• Synchita fallax Schuh, 1998
• Synchita floridana Casey
• Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer, 1846
• Synchita grouvellei
• Synchita humeralis (Fabricius, 1792)
• Synchita lecontei
• Synchita mediolanensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1833
• Synchita multimaculata (Grouvelle, 1902
• Synchita nigripennis LeConte, 1863
• Synchita obscura Horn 1885
• Synchita parvula Guérin-Méneville 1844
• Synchita picta Erichson, 1845
• Synchita pauxilla (Pascoe, 1863
• Synchita separanda (Reitter, 1882)
• Synchita striatopunctata (Guérin-Méneville 1844)
• Synchita undata Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Synchita variegata Hellwig, 1792

Further reading

• Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. 1846. Melsheimer . F. E.. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2. 7. 213–223. 4058356.
• Phylogeny and classification of Zopheridae sensu novo (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with a review of the genera of Zopherinae (excluding Monommatini). 1999. Slipinski . Stanislaw Adam. Lawrence . John F.. Annales Zoologici. 49. 1. 1–53. 0003-4541.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26090-0.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Synchita . 2022-03-27 . biodiversity.org.au . en.
2. Hellwig, J.C.L. 1792. Dritte Nachricht von neuen Gattungen im entomologischen System. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie (Schneider) 1 (4): 385-408 [401]