Syzeton
Genus of beetles
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Syzeton is a genus of ant-like leaf beetles in the family Aderidae. There are more than 10 described species in Syzeton.[4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Aderidae |
| Tribe: | Euglenesini |
| Genus: | Syzeton Blackburn, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Syzeton laetus[1] Blackburn, 1891 | |
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The species of Syzeton were formerly members of the genus Zonantes. In 2022, research was published moving the species to the genus Syzeton.[6]
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Zonantes:
- Syzeton arizonae Gompel, 2022
- Syzeton ater (LeConte, 1875)
- Syzeton belovi Gompel, 2022
- Syzeton fasciatus (Melsheimer, 1846)
- Syzeton floridanus (Werner, 1990)
- Syzeton gruberi Gompel, 2022
- Syzeton hubbardi (Casey, 1895)
- Syzeton nubifer (LeConte, 1878)
- Syzeton ouachitanus (Werner, 1990)
- Syzeton pallidus (Werner, 1990)
- Syzeton signatus (Haldeman, 1848)
- Syzeton subfasciatus (LeConte, 1875)
