Syntelia
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| Syntelia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Superfamily: | Histeroidea |
| Family: | Synteliidae Lewis, 1882 |
| Genus: | Syntelia Westwood 1864 |
| Species | |
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Syntelia histeroides |
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Syntelia is a genus of middle-sized beetles, the only genus in the family Synteliidae.
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.
[edit] References
- ^ M.Hansen. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera). Biologiske Skrifter 48, Copenhagen, 1997
- ^ Zhou, H.-Z. and X.-D. Yu. 2003. Rediscovery of the family Synteliidae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) and two new species from China. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(3):265–273.
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