Synetocephalus Explained
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.
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)
Further reading
- 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. 2017. Nie . R-E. Bezděk . J.. Yang . X-K. ZooKeys. 720. 91–102. 10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. 5740445. 29290727. free. 2017ZooK..720...91N.
- Book: A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). 1965. Wilcox . John A.. New York State Museum and Science Service.
- Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.