Syntelia

Taxobox
name = "Syntelia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
subordo = Polyphaga
infraordo = Staphyliniformia
superfamilia = Histeroidea
familia = Synteliidae
familia_authority = Lewis, 1882
genus = "Syntelia"
genus_authority = Westwood 1864
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Syntelia histeroides" "Syntelia davidis" "Syntelia indica" "Syntelia mazuri" "Syntelia mexicana" "Syntelia sinica" "Syntelia westwoodi

"Syntelia" is a genus of middle-sized beetles, the only genus in the family Synteliidae.

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. M.Hansen. Phylogeny and classification of the staphyliniform beetle families (Coleoptera). Biologiske Skrifter 48, Copenhagen, 1997] . There are seven known species, spread in central Mexico and Asia [Zhou, H.-Z. and X.-D. Yu. 2003. Rediscovery of the family Synteliidae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea) and two new species from China. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(3):265–273.] . They feed on insect larvae.

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