The Synchroidae are a small family of tenebrionoid

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s with no vernacular common name. The family consists of three extant genera, ''

Mallodrya ''Mallodrya'' is a genus of synchroa bark beetles in the family Synchroidae The Synchroidae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their fro ...

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Synchroa ''Synchroa'' is a genus of synchroa bark beetles in the family Synchroidae. There are about six described species in ''Synchroa''. Species These six species belong to the genus ''Synchroa'': * '' Synchroa chinensis'' Nikitsky, 1999 * '' Synchroa ...

'', and '' Synchroina'', with a total of nine species., which are found in North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia. The larvae of species of ''Synchroa'' are known to feed on rotting cambium tissue found in deciduous trees, with adults being nocturnal.Ślipinśki, Adam and Lawrence, John F.. "11.16. Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859". ''Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)'', edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 667-669.

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Tenebrionoidea Beetle families {{Synchroidae-stub