| Synaphaeta | |
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| Male and female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Mesosini |
| Genus: | Synaphaeta Thomson, 1864 |
| Species: | S. guexi |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaphaeta guexi | |
Synaphaeta is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Cerambycidae first described by Thomson in 1864. [2] Its only species, Synaphaeta guexi (Also called the spotted tree borer), occurs in the Pacific states of North America, from British Columbia down to California. [3] It has been reared from a variety of hardwood trees, including Pacific willow (Salix lasiandra), white alder (Alnus rhombifolia), coffeeberry (Frangula californica), English walnut (Juglans regia), and cherry (Prunus sp.). [4] It was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1852 based on a specimen from Benicia, California. [1] [5]