# Synaphaeta

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***Synaphaeta*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [beetle](/source/Beetle) genus in the family [Cerambycidae](/source/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*)](/source/Salix_lasiandra), [white alder (*Alnus rhombifolia*)](/source/Alnus_rhombifolia), [coffeeberry (*Frangula californica*)](/source/Frangula_californica), [English walnut (*Juglans regia*)](/source/Juglans_regia), and [cherry (*Prunus* sp.)](/source/Prunus).[4] It was described by [John Lawrence LeConte](/source/John_Lawrence_LeConte) in 1852 based on a specimen from [Benicia, California](/source/Benicia,_California).[1][5]

## References

1. LeConte, John L. (1852). ["An attempt to classify the Longicorn Coleoptera of the part of America North of Mexico"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35731069). *Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia*. **2** (2): 2. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

1. ["*Synaphaeta* Thomson, 1864"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id303033/). *BioLib.cz*. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

1. ["*Synaphaeta guexi*(LeConte, 1852)"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1106569). *Global Biodiversity Information Facility*. GBIF Secretariat. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

1. Tyson, William H. (July 1966). ["Notes on Reared Cerambycidae"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53621739). *The Pan-Pacific Entomologist*. **42**: 201–207. – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

1. ["*Synaphaeta guexi* (LeConte, 1852)"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id303034/). *BioLib.cz*. Retrieved September 8, 2014.

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