Syneta adamsi

Syneta adamsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Syneta
Species:	S. adamsi
Binomial name
Syneta adamsi Baly, 1877
Synonyms [1]
Syneta majorNakane, 1963

Syneta adamsi is a species of beetles from the family of leaf beetles, subfamily Synetinae.

Distribution

Syneta adamsi is found in China, Japan and Russia — in Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin of the Kuril Islands, Amur regions, and the Primorsky Krai. ^[2]

Description

At length the beetle reaches 7.4 mm. The epipleuron is flat, with a number of points at the inner edge. The elytra of females have a long lateral keel. The top of the aedeagus has a short process. ^[2]

References

1. Kimoto, S. (1986). "New or little known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Japan and its adjacent regions, V" (PDF). Entomological Review of Japan. 41 (2): 123–129.
2. Lehr, PA (1996). Key to the insects of Russian Far East — Coleoptera, or beetles. Vol. III (Vladivostok "Dal'nauka" ed.). p. 544.

Further reading

• Lee, J. E. (1990). "Description of first-instar larva of Syneta adamsi Baly from Japan, with notes on the systematic position of Synetinae (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Esakia. 29: 77–81. doi:10.5109/2549. hdl:2324/2549. S2CID   55966010.