Synchroidae

{{Short description|Family of beetles}}

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| image = Synchroa punctata P1420675a.jpg

| image_caption = Synchroa punctata, adult

| image2 = Synchroa punctata larva.jpg

| image2_caption = Synchroa punctata, larva

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| taxon = Synchroidae

| authority = Lacordaire, 1859

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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The Synchroidae are a small family of tenebrionoid beetles with no vernacular common name. The family consists of three extant genera, Mallodrya, Synchroa, and Synchroina, with a total of nine species.,[http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/535/1205 The World Fauna of Synchroidae] which are found in North America, East Asia and Southeast Asia. The larvae of species of Synchroa are known to feed on rotting cambium tissue found in deciduous trees, with adults being nocturnal. Most Synchroidae have been found to be within 10.0-13.00 mm in length.Ślipinśki, Adam and Lawrence, John F.. "11.16. Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859". Volume 2 Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim), edited by Willy Kükenthal, Richard A.B. Leschen, Rolf G. Beutel and John F. Lawrence, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter, 2011, pp. 667-669.