Syneta

Syneta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Synetinae. There are about 11 described species in Syneta.[1][2][3][4][5] The genus is entirely holarctic in distribution, with species appearing in North America, Siberia, East Asia and Northern Europe.[6]

For the town of ancient Caria, see Syneta (Caria).

Syneta
Syneta sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Synetinae
Genus:	Syneta Dejean, 1835
Type species
Crioceris betulae Fabricius, 1792

Taxonomy

The generic name "Syneta", derived from the Greek word meaning "sagacious", was first used by Eschscholtz in his collection, though he never published it. Syneta was then listed in the last two editions of Dejean's Catalogue of Coleoptera. No characters for the genus were mentioned in the Catalogue, though three species were listed; of these species, only one (Syneta betulae) was considered valid, the other two being nomina nuda, automatically making it the type species of the genus.[6] Because of its inclusion in the Catalogue with a valid species, the name Syneta should be attributed to Dejean, though it has also been attributed to Lacordaire, who was the first to publish it with a description in 1845.[7]

Species

• Syneta adamsi Baly, 1877
• Syneta albida LeConte, 1857 (western fruit beetle)
• Syneta betulae (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Syneta betulae amurensis Pic, 1901
  • Syneta betulae betulae (Fabricius, 1792)
• Syneta brevitibialis Kimoto, 1971[8]
• Syneta carinata Mannerheim, 1835
• Syneta extorris Brown, 1940[9]
  • Syneta extorris borealis Brown, 1961[7]
  • Syneta extorris extorris Brown, 1940
• Syneta ferruginea (Germar, 1811) (rusty leaf beetle)
• Syneta hamata Horn, 1893
• Syneta pilosa Brown, 1940[9]
• Syneta seriata LeConte, 1859
• Syneta simplex LeConte, 1857
  • Syneta simplex simplex LeConte, 1857
  • Syneta simplex subalpina Edwards, 1953[6]

References

1. "Syneta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
2. "Syneta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. "Syneta Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
4. "Browse Syneta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
5. Silfverberg, H. (2010). "Synetinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
6. Edwards, J. G. (1953). "Species of the genus Syneta of the World (Coleoptera : Chrysomeloidea)". The Wasmann Journal of Biology. 11 (1): 23–82.
7. Brown, W. J. (1961). "Notes on North American Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Canadian Entomologist. 93 (11): 967–977. doi:10.4039/Ent93967-11.
8. Kimoto, S.; Hiura, I. (1971). "A list of the chrysomelid specimens preserved in the Osaka Museum of Natural History, III (Insecta: Coleoptera)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. 25: 1–26.
9. Brown, W. J. (1940). "Some new species of Cantharidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". The Canadian Entomologist. 72 (8): 161–166. doi:10.4039/Ent72161-8.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Reid, C.A.M.; Beatson, M. (2013). "Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 3619: 79–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3619.1.6. ISSN 1175-5326. PMID 26131467.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.
• 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 0-9726087-1-0.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.