Syntelia Westwood, 1864

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), pp. 265-273 : 267

Key to Asian Species of Syntelia Westwood

1 Elytron with only one deep and long dorsal stria, the others indicated by slight, fine puncture lines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. indica Westwood

19 Elytron with two or more dorsal striae deep and long - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

2 Elytron with two long dorsal striae, the third dorsal stria reduced, short and fine, no longer than 1/3 elytral length, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. sinica Zhou , new species

29 Elytron with three long dorsal striae, the third dorsal stria longer than 1/2 elytral length - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3

3 The third dorsal stria of elytra nearly complete, only shortly interrupted on basal 1/6, all dorsal striae equally extended apically - - - - - S. mazuri Zhou , new species

39 Elytron with more than three dorsal striae, striae deep and thick, the third dorsal stria interrupted in the middle, the fifth short and present only in the middle - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S. histeroides Lewis