Syncalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Zopheridae
Subfamilia: Colydiinae
Tribus: Synchitini
Genus: Syncalus
Species (9): S. explanatus – S. granulatus – S. hystrix – S. munroi – S. oblongus – S. optatus – S. piciceps – S. politus – S. solidus

Name

Syncalus Sharp, 1876: 20

• Type species: Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876
  • Fixation: subsequent designation by Ivie & Ślipiński (1990: 12)

Synonymy

• Acosmetus Broun, 1880: 197

• Type species: Acosmetus oblongus Broun, 1880
  • Fixation: subsequent designation by Ivie & Ślipiński (1990: 12). [syn. Ślipiński & Lawrence (1997: 412)]

References

• Lord, N.P. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2014. Illustrated catalogue and type designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 3809(1): 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1 Reference page.  [See p. 59]
• Ślipiński, S.A. & Lawrence, J.F. 1997. Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici 47(3/4): 341–440. Reference page.  [See p. 412]