Synetocephalus

Synetocephalus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 10 described species in Synetocephalus. They are found in North America.[1][2][3]

Synetocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Galerucinae
Tribe:	Luperini
Subtribe:	Luperina
Genus:	Synetocephalus Fall, 1910

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Synetocephalus:

• Synetocephalus adenostomatus (B. White, 1942)
• Synetocephalus atricornis (Fall, 1910)
• Synetocephalus autumnalis Fall, 1910
• Synetocephalus bivittatus (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Synetocephalus crassicornis (Fall, 1910)
• Synetocephalus curvatus (Fall, 1910)
• Synetocephalus diegensis (Blake, 1942)
• Synetocephalus monorhabdus (Blake, 1942)
• Synetocephalus vandykei (Blake, 1942)
• Synetocephalus wallacei (Wilcox, 1965)

References

1. "Synetocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Synetocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Synetocephalus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
• Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.