Synchroa punctata Newman

Majka, Christopher G. & Pollock, Darren A., 2006, Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 1248, pp. 45-68 : 59-60

Synchroa punctata Newman

NOVA SCOTIA: Cumberland Co.: Oxford, 6.vi.1989, E. Georgeson, NSNR; Halifax Co.: Armdale, 12.viii.1974, K. Neil, NSMC; Boulderwood, 26.vii.1959, J.H. McDunnough, 2 specimens, NSMC; Halifax, 4.v.1960, P.S. Doleman, NSMC; Point Pleasant Park, 23.vi.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Point Pleasant Park, 19.viii.2001, C.G. Majka, CGMC; Kings Co.: Kentville, 21.vii.1948, NSAC; Kentville, 1.vii.1968, D.H. Webster, DHWC; Kentville, 19.vi.2001, D.H. Webster, DHWC; Avonport, 20.vii.1994, J. Smith, NSNR; Lunenburg Co.: Chester 1.viii.1969, B. Wright, NSMC; Big Mushamush Lake, 20.vii.1980, B. Wright, NSMC; Big Mushamush Lake, 23.vii1982, B. Wright, NSMC; Pictou Co.: Waterside, 28.vii.2004, D. MacDonald, NSNR; Queens Co.: Ponhook Lake, 13.vii.1993, J. Cook, JCC. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: 1974–83, UPEI.

Newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Adults and larvae feed largely upon fungal material and decaying wood, commonly beneath the bark of dead deciduous trees ( Payne 1931). In Maine, collected from Abies and Picea ( Dearborn and Donahue 1993) .