Syncalus, Sharp, 1876

Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 3809 (1), pp. 1-127 : 59

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scientific name	Syncalus
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SYNCALUS Sharp, 1876

Syncalus Sharp, 1876: 20 . Type species: Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876 , designated by Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 12.

Acosmetus Broun, 1880: 197 . Type species: Acosmetus oblongus Broun, 1880 , designated by Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 12. Synonymized with Syncalus Sharp by Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 412.

Remarks: Sharp (1976:20–21) erected this genus and stated its affinities with and differences from Tarphius , suggesting that morphology would indicate members of the two genera probably share similar habits. Broun (1880: 197) erected Acosmetus to include members that appeared to be intermediate between Coxelus (= Notocoxelus ) and Syncalus , while Sharp (1882: 81) considered Acosmetus to be a distinct genus.

References

Broun, T. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington, Part I: XIX + 1 - 651 + VIII.

Ivie, M. A. & Slipinski, S. A. (1990) Catalogue of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, 43 (Supplement 1), 1 - 32.

Sharp, D. (1876) On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4), 18, 17 - 29.

Sharp, D. (1882) On some New Zealand Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1882, 73 - 99.

Slipinski, S. A. & Lawrence, J. F. (1997) Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici, 47 (3 / 4), 341 - 440.