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locality.
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, Malunshan,
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ex larva /
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. Both specimens will be deposited in the National Museum of Natural Science,
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).
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14EFFF4FFE49DA5FEA2FD23" bold="true" box="[113,330,735,758]" pageId="1" pageNumber="244">Description of male</emphasis>
(
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). Body, antennae, clypeus, labrum, maxillary palpi, femora, tibiae and tarsi reddish to blackish brown. Apex of antennomeres I, II, XI, maxillary palpi, ultimate segment of tarsi and claws slightly lighter.
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Body elongate, slightly flattened, rather strongly narrowed posteriorly, covered with elongate yellowish, slightly raised hairs. Eyes lateral, large, emarginate in front on antennal insertions, ratio of eye diameter to interocular space 1.0: 1.7. Antennae filiform, when directed backwards extending to one-seventh to one-sixth of elytral length. Antennomere I cylindrical, wider than other antennomeres, II short, III somewhat clavate, IVX slightly long-triangular, XI elongate, 3.90 times as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="13447D98B14EFFF4FD299CA5FD14FC23" box="[700,764,991,1014]" captionStart="Figs 15. 1" captionStartId="2.[151,188,961,980]" captionTargetBox="[151,1117,220,945]" captionTargetId="figure-10@2.[151,1127,220,946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 15. 1 Dorsal habitus of Synchroa formosana sp. nov.; 2 antennomeres IXXI; 3 apical maxillary palpomere; 4 prosternal process and mesoventrite; 5 elytron. Scale bars: 1 5 mm; 2, 3 0.5 mm; 4, 5 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5302378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5302378/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="244">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Length ratio of antennomeres as follows: 1.00: 0.70: 1.50: 1.53: 1.23: 1.30: 1.17: 1.17: 1.10: 1.17: 2.10. Apical maxillary palpomere securiform, margin slightly rounded, terminal angle somewhat acute (
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). Head somewhat shining, densely but not coarsely punctate; interspaces usually narrower than puncture diameter.
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<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14EFFF4FF059B05FCEFFAE3" blockId="1.[113,1089,735,1558]" pageId="1" pageNumber="244">Pronotum truncate anteriorly, bisinuate posteriorly, with obtuse median lobe, 1.50 times as wide as long, 1.67 times as wide as head. Lateral sides rounded and narrowed in anterior two-thirds toward head, not marginate; subparallel in posterior one-third. Anterior angle rounded; posterior angle rectangular and obtuse. Disc slightly flattened medially, surface slightly shining, with punctures sparser in middle part; interspaces considerably narrower than puncture diameter. Scutellum 1.83 times as wide as long.</paragraph>
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Elytra elongate, linearly narrowed posteriorly, apex rounded, as wide as pronotum at humeri, 2.51 times as long as wide, less shiny than pronotum. Disc covered with oval punctures, denser in lateral and basal part; interspaces wider than puncture diameter. Seven faint traces of striae noticeable in basal half of elytron (more obvious in
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), first stria fused with 2
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indistinct (
<figureCitation id="13447D98B14EFFF4FEBE9AC5FE84FA03" box="[299,364,1471,1494]" captionStart="Figs 15. 1" captionStartId="2.[151,188,961,980]" captionTargetBox="[151,1117,220,945]" captionTargetId="figure-10@2.[151,1127,220,946]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figs 15. 1 Dorsal habitus of Synchroa formosana sp. nov.; 2 antennomeres IXXI; 3 apical maxillary palpomere; 4 prosternal process and mesoventrite; 5 elytron. Scale bars: 1 5 mm; 2, 3 0.5 mm; 4, 5 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5302378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5302378/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="244">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Prosternum before coxae 0.79 times as long as longitudinal diameter of fore coxae. Prosternal process long, margined laterally, rounded and pointed apically, length behind fore coxae 1.61 times width between fore coxae. Width between fore coxae 0.40 times transverse coxa diameter. Mesoventrite with shallow, oval depression in which prosternal process fits, moderately punctate (
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).
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Figs 15. 1 Dorsal habitus of
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<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14DFFF7FF209BFAFD6DFB02" blockId="2.[151,1127,1088,1559]" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">Legs elongate. Tarsomeres simple, tarsal formula 5-5-4. The longest spur of hind tibiae 0.29 times as first tarsal segment; length ratio of tarsomeres as follows: 1.00: 0.42: 0.26: 0.34 (measured without claws). Claws simple.</paragraph>
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Male genitalia (
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): Aedeagus ensiform, slightly narrowed on median side and tapered in apical one-fourth. Parameres narrowly separated apically and with a groove in dorsal median part. Penis elongate and tapered to apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14DFFF7FF209A3AFD28FA82" blockId="2.[151,1127,1088,1559]" box="[181,704,1344,1367]" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">Length: 10.4212.00 mm; width: 2.953.00 mm.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FF209A24FEE7FAA3" bold="true" box="[181,271,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3653296B14DFFF1FF029AFAFCE0FE66" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="247" pageId="2" pageNumber="245" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14DFFF7FF029AFAFC63F9C2" blockId="2.[151,1127,1088,1559]" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FF029AFAFE7AFA42" bold="true" box="[151,402,1408,1431]" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
The new species resembles
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FD509AFAFC7BFA42" box="[709,915,1408,1431]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">Synchroa chinensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FF029ADAFF4CFA62" box="[151,164,1440,1463]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FF219ADAFECEFA62" box="[180,294,1440,1463]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">elongatula</emphasis>
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, which are known to occur in
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(
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) and
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, respectively. It can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FDC59ABAFD25FA02" box="[592,717,1472,1495]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">S. chinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the more rounded body posteriorly, and traces of the striae on the basal half of elytra; from
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14DFFF7FD7F9A9AFC9FFA22" box="[746,887,1504,1527]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="245">S. elongatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it differs in the wider base of the penis and elytra with distinct traces of striae on the surface.
</paragraph>
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Figs 67.
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14CFFF6FF539D8FFE9EFCDD" box="[198,374,757,776]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="246">Synchroa formosana</emphasis>
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6 tegmen in dorsal view; 7 penis in dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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Fig. 8. The habitat of
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14CFFF6FEBF995FFE33F9ED" box="[298,475,1573,1592]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="246">Synchroa formosana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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at the type locality.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029FA6FCE0FE66" blockId="4.[151,1127,220,531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FF029FA6FE4DFF26" bold="true" box="[151,421,220,243]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Ecological information.</emphasis>
Up to now, the new species has only been collected in the
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locality, Malunshan, located in the central area of
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. The altitude of its habitat is about 1,200 meters. The locality can be characterized as broadleaved forest with the family
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being somewhat dominant (
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). Nevertheless, only larvae have been collected so far. Larvae seem to prefer to live in damp areas, especially the moist environment beneath the bark of decaying broadleaved trees, similarly to the North American
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FCEA9E06FC1FFE46" box="[895,1015,380,403]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">S. punctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE1CECB14BFFF1FF4E9EE6FE37FE66" author="MAJKA C. G. &amp; POLLOCK D. A." box="[219,479,412,435]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" pagination="45 - 68" refId="ref2112" refString="MAJKA C. G. &amp; POLLOCK D. A. 2006: Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 1248: 45 - 68." type="journal article" year="2006">MAJKA &amp; POLLOCK 2006</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE1CECB14BFFF1FE7D9EE6FD98FE66" author="YOUNG D. K." box="[488,624,412,435]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" pagination="516 - 518" refId="ref2249" refString="YOUNG D. K. 1991: Synchroidae. Pp. 516 - 518. In: STEHR F. W. (ed.): Immature insects. Volume II. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. Dubuque, Iowa, 975 pp." type="book chapter" year="1991">YOUNG 1991</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE1CECB14BFFF1FDEE9EE6FD14FE66" author="PAYNE N. M." box="[635,764,412,435]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" pagination="13 - 15" refId="ref2209" refString="PAYNE N. M. 1931: Food requirements for the pupation of two coleopterous larvae, Synchroa punctata Newm. and Dendroides canadensis LeC. (Melandryidae, Pyrochroidae). Entomological News 42: 13 - 15." type="journal article" year="1931">PAYNE 1931</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3653296B14BFFF1FF029EC6FBC0FE26" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FF029EC6FEF0FE06" bold="true" box="[151,280,444,467]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is derived from
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, a Portuguese historical name for
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, referring to the only known distribution of this new species; adjective.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3653296B14BFFF1FF029E86FE6DFDC6" box="[151,389,508,531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FF029E86FEC2FDC6" bold="true" box="[151,298,508,531]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F368218DB14BFFF1FEA59E86FE6AFDC6" box="[304,386,508,531]" name="Taiwan" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3653296B14BFFF1FF5F9D12FB8EF9E5" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" type="key">
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF5F9D12FD19FD74" blockId="4.[202,1076,616,673]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FF5F9D12FBDCFD57" bold="true" box="[202,1076,616,642]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
Key to the world fauna of the family
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD219D12FBDCFD57" ID-CoL="626NS" authority="Lacordaire, 1859" authorityName="Lacordaire" authorityYear="1859" box="[692,1076,616,642]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
(after
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)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029DC3FB8EFD05" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" box="[151,1126,696,720]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
1 Fore coxae almost contiguous. North America. ..........
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FC909DC2FB8EFD05" authority="Horn, 1888" authorityName="Horn" authorityYear="1888" box="[773,1126,696,720]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Mallodrya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subaenea">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FC909DC2FC0EFD05" bold="true" box="[773,998,696,720]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Mallodrya subaenea</emphasis>
Horn, 1888
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029DA3FB8EFD25" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" box="[151,1126,729,752]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247"> Fore coxae distinctly separated. ..................................................................................... 2</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029D83FB8EFCE5" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">2 Tarsal claws serrate. ....................................................................................................... 3 Tarsal claws simple. ....................................................................................................... 4</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029C43FB8EFC45" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
3 Punctation on elytra very fine and sparse in posterior two-thirds; sutural stria on elytra very deep in posterior part.
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(
<collectingRegion id="49BBAFFFB14BFFF1FDCC9C23FCCAFCA5" box="[601,802,857,880]" country="Indonesia" name="Kalimantan Selatan" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">South Kalimantan</collectingRegion>
). ............................................. ...........................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD2B9C02FB8EFC45" authority="(Champion, 1916)" baseAuthorityName="Champion" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[702,1126,888,912]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneata">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD2B9C02FC73FC45" bold="true" box="[702,923,888,912]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroina cuneata</emphasis>
(Champion, 1916)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029CE3FB8EFC05" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
Punctation on elytra denser and coarser; sutural stria on elytra shallower.
<collectingCountry id="F368218DB14BFFF1FC449CE3FBDBFC65" box="[977,1075,921,944]" name="Malaysia" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49BBAFFFB14BFFF1FBD49CE3FF0CFC05" country="Malaysia" name="Perak" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Perak</collectingRegion>
). ................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD3B9CC2FB8EFC05" authority="Fairmaire, 1898" authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1898" box="[686,1126,952,976]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuipennis">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD3B9CC2FC5DFC05" bold="true" box="[686,949,952,976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroina tenuipennis</emphasis>
Fairmaire, 1898
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029CA3FB8EFBE5" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
4 Lateral sides of pronotum almost entirely margined. Median part of posterior half of pronotum smooth and impunctate. North America. .......................................................... ..................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD799B62FB8EFBE5" authority="Newman, 1838" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1838" box="[748,1126,1048,1072]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctata">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD799B62FC54FBE5" bold="true" box="[748,956,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroa punctata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029B43FB8EFBA5" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247"> Lateral sides of pronotum not margined or margined only in posterior part. Median part of posterior half of pronotum not smooth. ..................................................................... 5</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029B03FB8EFB65" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">5 Sides of pronotum not margined. Faint traces of striae obvious in posterior or anterior part of elytra. .................................................................................................................. 6</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029BC3FB8EFB25" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247"> Sides of pronotum distinctly margined in posterior one-third or one-fourth. Elytra with more distinct traces of striae at base, or striae entirely missing. .................................... 7</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0611DB14BFFF1FF029B83FB8EFAE5" blockId="4.[151,1127,696,1584]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
6 Body narrower posteriorly. Faint traces of striae obvious in posterior part of elytra.
<collectingCountry id="F368218DB14BFFF1FBB29B83FB8FFAC5" box="[1063,1127,1273,1296]" name="China" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">China</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="49BBAFFFB14BFFF1FF509A63FEC9FAE5" box="[197,289,1305,1328]" country="China" name="Sichuan" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
). ................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD7E9A62FB8EFAE5" authority="Nikitsky, 1999" authorityName="Nikitsky" authorityYear="1999" box="[747,1126,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chinensis">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD7E9A62FC2BFAE5" bold="true" box="[747,963,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroa chinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE1CECB14BFFF1FC5C9A63FB8EFAE5" author="NIKITSKY N. B." box="[969,1126,1305,1328]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" pagination="475 - 481" refId="ref2176" refString="NIKITSKY N. B. 1999: To the knowledge of beetles of the family Synchroidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) in the world fauna. Entomological Review 79: 475 - 481" type="journal article" year="1999">Nikitsky, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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Body more rounded posteriorly. Faint traces of striae obvious in anterior part of elytra.
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<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FCB19A22FB8EFAA5" bold="true" box="[804,1126,1368,1392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">
<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FCB19A22FBE2FAA5" authority="Hsiao, 2015" authorityName="Hsiao" authorityYear="2015" box="[804,1034,1368,1392]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="formosana" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FCB19A22FBE2FAA5" bold="true" box="[804,1034,1368,1392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroa formosana</emphasis>
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7 Elytra strongly elongate, 3.03.1 times as long as wide and narrowed posteriorly. Antennomere XI 4.35.0 times as long as wide. Antennae, most part of legs and maxillary palpi infuscate.
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD4B9AC2FB8EFA05" authority="Nikitsky, 1999" authorityName="Nikitsky" authorityYear="1999" box="[734,1126,1464,1488]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatula">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD4B9AC2FC2AFA05" bold="true" box="[734,962,1464,1488]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroa elongatula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEE1CECB14BFFF1FC5C9AC3FB8EFA05" author="NIKITSKY N. B." box="[969,1126,1465,1488]" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" pagination="475 - 481" refId="ref2176" refString="NIKITSKY N. B. 1999: To the knowledge of beetles of the family Synchroidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) in the world fauna. Entomological Review 79: 475 - 481" type="journal article" year="1999">Nikitsky, 1999</bibRefCitation>
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Elytra less elongate, 2.52.8 times as long as wide and not so narrowed posteriorly. Antennomere XI 2.52.8 times as long as wide. Antennae and legs partly rufous.
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(Far East),
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F1A9EB14BFFF1FD4F9962FB8EF9E5" authority="Lewis, 1895" authorityName="Lewis" authorityYear="1895" box="[730,1126,1560,1584]" class="Insecta" family="Synchroidae" genus="Synchroa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="247" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanotoides">
<emphasis id="B90BBD0FB14BFFF1FD4F9962FC33F9E5" bold="true" box="[730,987,1560,1584]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="247">Synchroa melanotoides</emphasis>
Lewis, 1895
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