Checklist of - Entomological Society of Canada

Mycteridae
Family PROSTOMIDAE prostomid beetles
J.M. Campbell
Prostomidae is a small family that contains only
two genera and about 20 species. Most faunal
regions, except South America, have a few species of
the family; only one species occurs in Canada.
Nothing is known about the habitat of this species.
In most North American literature Prostomis
arnericanus has been referred to as P. mandibularis
(Fabricius), a European species.
BC (1)
Genus PROSTOMIS Latreille
P. americanus Crotch
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FamilySYNCHROIDAE synchroidbeetles
L. LeSage
As currently defined (Crowson 1966, Lawrence
1982a), the family Synchroidae is reduced to two
genera and 10 species, which were previously
placed in the Melandryidae. Only one species of the
genus Synchroa occurs in Canada. Both adults and
Iarvae live under the bark ofold dead trees.
There is no recent treatment of the North
American species of this family.
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Genus SYNCHROA Newman
S. punctata Newman
nzurina Haldeman
umbrina Melsheimer
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Family MYCTERIDAE
mycterid beetles
J.M. Campbell
Mycteridae includes about 160 species around
the world, of which four are known to occur in
Canada. Larvae live under bark, and adults are
often found on flowers.
Species of this family have been included in a
variety of families, including Melandryidae (Leng
L920), Salpingidae (Arnett 1968), and Pythidae
(Hatch 1965). I have followed Lawrence (1982o) in
considering mycterids to be a distinct family. The
species are rather poorly known taxonomically, and
a modern revision is needed badly.
sC (2); ON (2);PQ (2)
Genus LACCONOTUS LeConte
L. pinicola Horn
L. punctatus LeConte
Genus MYCTERUS Clairville
Key to North American species:
M. concolor LeConte
flauipennis Horn
M. scaber Haldeman
Hopping (1935)
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