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: Cenomanian–Recent
Syntelia histeroides
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

Syntelia histeroides
Syntelia davidis
Syntelia indica
Syntelia mazuri
Syntelia mexicana
Syntelia sinica
Syntelia westwoodi

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
  1. Hansen, M. (1997). "Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera)". Biologiske Skrifter. 48, Copenhagen.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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