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Synechocera
Sign in to saveSynechocera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyBuprestidae
Observations9
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Buprestidae
- Collections
- AM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Synechocera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to Australia.
These beetles are elongated and flattened in shape, measuring under one centimeter in length. Their flattened shape makes them distinct from related genera and might be an adaptation for living between densely arranged leaves on plants. They are usually black in color, but some species are coppery brown or occasionally blue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Synechocera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.