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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Syneta

Genus Syneta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Long-horned and Leaf Beetles)

Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)

Subfamily Eumolpinae

Genus Syneta

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syneta Dejean 1835

Explanation of Names

Perhaps from Greek syn with, together, plus suffix (?) eta (1). May be a place name (Internet searches).

Numbers

nearctica.com lists 8 species.

Size

6-8 mm, S. ferruginea (2)

6 mm, Syneta albida (3)

Identification

Small elongated, almost cylindrical chrysomelids that resemble longhorn beetles. Characters (2):

antennae less than half as long as body

body with scattered, fine hairs

elytra wider at base than pronotum

sides of pronotum dentate (toothed)

Habitat

found on vegetation of woody plants (2)

Food

Syneta albida (adult) feeds on fruit and stems of some cultivated fruit/nut trees (3).

Life Cycle

Syneta albida larvae feed on roots of some cultivated fruit/nut trees, hibernate in soil, pupate in spring (3).

Print References

Borror, entry for syn (1)

Dillon and Dillon, p. 666, plate 56--S. ferruginea (2)

Papp, p. 236 (3)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Introduction to North American Beetles By Charles S. Papp

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 June, 2007 - 7:07pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 19 July, 2009 - 1:39am

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