Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer, 1846

Majka, Christopher G., Cook, Joyce & Ogden, Jeffrey, 2006, Colydiidae (Coleoptera) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada and Maine in the United States, The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (3), pp. 225-229 : 226-227

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/906.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E2DE03-1706-ED73-FF12-FB67FE44FB9C
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Synchita fuliginosa Melsheimer, 1846
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Treatment

MAINE: Aroostook Co.: Ashland, 7.vii.1943, H. Weeks, UNH; Cross Lake , MFS (Dearborn and Donahue 1993); Millinocket, 10–20.vii, UNH; Franklin

Co.: Salem, 14.vii.1949, R.W. Nash, bred from Betula papyrifera Marshall (Betulaceae) logs, UNH; Kennebec Co.: Augusta, 14.vii.1945, A.E. Brower, on Quercus rubra L. ( Fagaceae ) log, UNH; Washington Co.: Princeton, 12.vii.1943, at light, UNH. NOVA SCOTIA: Queens Co.: Caledonia, 25.vii.1992, J. and F. Cook, mixed forest, car net, JCC; Medway River, 13.vii, 1993, J. and T. Cook, car net, 9 specimens, JCC.

This species is newly recorded in Nova Scotia. In Canada it has been found in Ontario and Quebec ( Bousquet 1991). Dearborn and Donahue (1993) reported the species from Maine, Chandler (2001) recorded it from both Maine (records

(open circles) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada and Maine in the U.S.A.

above) and New Hampshire, and Downie and Arnett (1996) recorded it from New England south to Florida and west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. The distribution in the Maritime Provinces and in Maine is shown in Figure 1 View Fig .

Species of Synchita are associated with fungi ( Lawrence 1991). As is the case with Lasconotus , adults and larvae feed on fungal masses or fruiting bodies of both fungi or on rotting plant material containing fungi ( Ivie 2002). Synchita fuliginosa is most often taken at light. It has been found under bark of dead maple ( Acer ) ( Aceraceae ), hickory ( Carya ) ( Juglandaceae ), and oak ( Quercus ). Specimens have emerged from pecan ( Carya illinoinensis (Wangenheim) K. Koch ), have been reared from elm ( Ulmus ) ( Ulmaceae ), and have been found in a Betula papyrifera log ( Stephan 1989).