Syntelia
Syntelia is a genus of middle-sized beetles described by John O. Westwood in 1864. It is the only genus in the family Synteliidae erected by George Lewis in 1882.
| Syntelia Temporal range: | |
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| Syntelia histeroides | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Superfamily: | Histeroidea |
| Family: | Synteliidae Lewis, 1882 |
| Genus: | Syntelia Westwood, 1864 |
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Syntelia histeroides | |
The characteristics of the family and genus include geniculate antennae with 3-segmented club, elongate body, narrowly separated coxae and tarsi with bisetose empodia. Only one abdominal segment is exposed behind elytra.[1] There are seven known species, spread in central Mexico and Asia.[2] They feed on insect larvae. A fossil species, Syntelia sunwukong, is known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[3]
References
- Hansen, M. (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera)". Biologiske Skrifter. 48, Copenhagen.
- Zhou, Hong-Zhang; Yu, Xiao-Dong (2003). "Rediscovery of the family Synteliidae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) and two new species from China". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 57 (3): 265–273. doi:10.1649/555. S2CID 85760650.
- Jiang, Rixin; Wang, Shuo (November 2020). "Syntelia sunwukong sp. nov., the oldest Synteliid beetle (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 119: 104709. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104709.
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