Genus Synona Pope, 1988

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• Synona Pope, R.D. 1989. A revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part 1. Subfamily Coccinellinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 633-735 [Date published 1989: dated 1988] [660] [replacement name].
• Synia Mulsant, M.E. 1850. Species des Coléoptères Trimères Sécuripalpes. Annales des Sciencies Physiques et Naturelles, d'Agriculture et d'Industrie, publiées par la Société nationale d'Agriculture, etc., de Lyon, Deuxième Série, 2: xv + 1-1104 pp (part 1 pp. 1-450; part 2 pp. 451-1104). [375] [junior homonym].

  Type species:

   Synia melanaria Mulsant, 1850 by subsequent designation, see Crotch, G.R. 1874. A Revision of the Coleopterous Family Coccinellidae. London : E.W. Janson xv + 311 pp. [177].

Introduction

The genus was revised by Poorani et al. (2008).

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Coastal (GUC)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Diagnosis References

Ślipiński, A., Li, J. & Pang, H. 2020. Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini). Clayton Sth, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Publishing pp.231. [109-110] (Diagnosis, description and distribution)

General References

Poorani, J., Ślipiński, A. & Booth, R.G. 2008. A revision of the genus Synona Pope, 1989 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini). Annals of Zoology 58(3): 529-594

Ślipiński, A. 2007. Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Their biology and classification. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study xviii 286 pp. [179] (diagnosis, distribution)

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