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Genus Synetocephalus

Chrysomelidae - Synetocephalus diegensis Synetocephalus vandykei (Blake) - Synetocephalus vandykei Synetocephalus bivittatus (LeConte) - Synetocephalus bivittatus - male Chrysomelid - Synetocephalus? - Synetocephalus bivittatus Synetocephalus? - Synetocephalus Small black and yellow beetle - Synetocephalus Synetocephalus autmnalis - Synetocephalus autumnalis Leaf beetle found in Chaparral - Synetocephalus autumnalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Luperini
Subtribe Luperina-subtribe
No Taxon (Section Scelidites)
Genus Synetocephalus
Explanation of Names
Synetocephalus Fall 1910
Numbers
10 described + several undescribed* spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
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*still undescribed as of 11.xi.2010, according to Dr Clark. =v=
Range
w. US (WY-WA-AZ) to Baja(1)
Remarks
colour usually yellow or testaceous, often with black elytral stripes(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
John A. Wilcox. 1965. New York State Museum and Science Service.