''Syneta'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

Synetinae The Synetinae are a small subfamily within the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae). They are found entirely within the Holarctic, mainly in North America but also appearing in parts of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the N ...

. There are about 11 described species in ''Syneta''. The genus is entirely

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in distribution, with species appearing in

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and

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Nomenclature

The generic name ''Syneta'', derived from the

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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 ''

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'', automatically making it the

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of the genus. 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.

Species

* '' Syneta adamsi'' Baly, 1877 * '' Syneta albida'' LeConte, 1857 (western fruit beetle) * '' Syneta betulae'' (

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, 1792) ** ''Syneta betulae amurensis''

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, 1901 ** ''Syneta betulae betulae'' (

, 1792) * '' Syneta brevitibialis'' Kimoto, 1971 * '' Syneta carinata'' Mannerheim, 1843 * '' Syneta extorris'' Brown, 1940 ** ''Syneta extorris borealis'' Brown, 1961 ** ''Syneta extorris extorris'' Brown, 1940 * '' Syneta ferruginea'' ( Germar, 1811) (rusty leaf beetle) * '' Syneta hamata''

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, 1893 * '' Syneta pilosa'' Brown, 1940 * '' Syneta seriata'' LeConte, 1859 * '' Syneta simplex'' LeConte, 1857 ** ''Syneta simplex simplex'' LeConte, 1857 ** ''Syneta simplex subalpina'' Edwards, 1953

Nomenclature

Species

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