The Synchroidae are a small family of
tenebrionoid beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s with no vernacular common name. The family consists of three extant genera, ''
Mallodrya'', ''
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.]
References
Tenebrionoidea
Beetle families
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