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Published March 14, 2025 | Version v1
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Synchroa punctata Newman 1838

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA
  • 2. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  • 3. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
  • 4. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA & The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA 39870, USA

Description

Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838

Collection information.

USA: Georgia (new state record): Clarke Co.: eight individuals from seven sites. Caught in flight trap from 2 June – 9 September 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae consume fungal material and rotting wood (Payne 1931; Savely 1939); adults occur in deadwood of numerous hardwoods and pine (Blackman and Stage 1924).

Notes

Published as part of Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, pp. 1-95 in ZooKeys 1232 on pages 1-95, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0F125F6574665B8F98FF884A95FC7427

Cites
Publication: 10.2307/1943233 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/42C38F0E24F159D4A275585500486F74 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/0F125F6574665B8F98FF884A95FC7427 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/255911644 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/308642/taxon/0F125F6574665B8F98FF884A95FC7427.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Newman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Synchroidae
Genus
Synchroa
Species
punctata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Synchroa punctata Newman, 1838 sec. Traylor, Ulyshen, Cornish, Tigreros & McHugh, 2025

References

  • Payne NM (1931) Food requirements for the pupation of two coleopterous larvae, Synchroa punctata Newm. And Dendroides canadensis Lec. (Melandryidae, Pyrochroidae). Entomological News 42: 13–15.
  • Savely HE (1939) Ecological relations of certain animals in dead pine and oak logs. Ecological Monographs 9: 321–385. https://doi.org/10.2307/1943233
  • Blackman MW, Stage HH (1924) On the succession of insects living in the bark and wood of dying, dead and decaying hickory New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, Technical Publication No. 17. 24: 3–269.