Sintor Schoenherr 1839

Sintor Schoenherr, 1839 (Figs 29–71) Sintor Schoenherr, 1839: 148. Gemminger & Harold 1872: 2727 (catalogue); Bovie 1906: 234 (catalogue); Wolfrum 1929: 21 (catalogue); Wolfrum 1953: 8 (catalogue); Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal 1999: 34 (catalogue of world genera); Rheinheimer 2004: 22 (catalogue), 216 (fig. 46– Sintor quadrilineatus Fåhraeus, 1839, habitus in dorsal view). Type species: Sintor quadrilineatus Fåhraeus, 1839, by original designation (described from Indonesia, Sumatra) Terminalia. See under Sintor paradistans. Distribution of Sintor. The genus contains altogether 43 species (Rheinheimer 2004) distributed predominantly in the Oriental region (India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos) and the Palaearctic region (China, Nepal, Taiwan, Korea, Japan). Nine endemic species are widespread in Madagascar. The genus does not occur in continental Africa.