Hylax
| Hylax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Hylax Lefèvre, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Amasis calcaratus Chapuis, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
Hylax is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2][3] It is distributed in Central America and South America.[4]
The species Hylax bahiensis was recorded attacking clonal eucalyptus plantations and forest restoration areas between 2010 and 2013 in the states of Espírito Santo, Bahia and Minas Gerais in Brazil.[5]
Species
[edit]- Hylax aeneus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
- Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955[6] – Paraguay
- Hylax analectus Bechyné, 1951 – Bolivia
- Hylax bahiensis Bechyné, 1950 – Brazil
- Hylax bolivianus (Jacoby, 1882) – Bolivia
- Hylax calcaratus (Chapuis, 1874)[1]
- Hylax chalybaeus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia, Mexico, Panama[7]
- Hylax chiriquiensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Panama
- Hylax chrysodinoides Bechyné, 1951 – Paraguay, Argentina
- Hylax continuus (Bechyné, 1949) – Peru
- Hylax coroicensis Bechyné, 1950
- Hylax costaricensis Bechyné, 1951 – Costa Rica
- Hylax cupreus (Olivier, 1791) – French Guiana
- Hylax cyanipes (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana
- Hylax dilatipes (Bowditch, 1921) – Paraguay
- Hylax dimidiatus (Jacoby, 1900)[6] – Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
- Hylax elongatus (Lefèvre, 1884) – Ecuador
- Hylax ferox (Baly, 1865) – Guyana
- Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885) – Peru
- Hylax guerini Bechyné, 1953[3] – Brazil
- Hylax hilaris (Lefèvre, 1884) – Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia[9]
- Hylax humeralis (Baly, 1860) – Brazil
- Hylax hoegei (Jacoby, 1890) – Mexico
- Hylax klugi (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana, Brazil
- Hylax lateralis (Germar, 1824)[6] – Guyana, Brazil
- Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955[6] – Peru
- Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico
- Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
- Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900) – Brazil
- Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958[8] – Brazil
- Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895) – Peru
- Hylax plagiatus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
- Hylax pseudoviolaceus Bechyné, 1953[3] – Guatemala
- Hylax puncticollis (Jacoby, 1890) – Mexico
- Hylax quadriplagiatus (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico
- Hylax romani (Weise, 1921) – Brazil
- Hylax rufimanus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
- Hylax rufotestaceus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
- Hylax rugulosus (Lefèvre, 1882) – Ecuador
- Hylax rutilans (Lefèvre, 1885) – Colombia
- Hylax spinipes (Latreille, 1832) – South America
- Hylax strigatus (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana, Brazil[10]
- Hylax strigicollis (Jacoby, 1890) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Hylax tarsalis (Lefèvre, 1885) – Venezuela, Brazil (?)
- Hylax tenebrosus (Jacoby, 1890) – Panama
- Hylax viridis (Bowditch, 1921) – Costa Rica, Guatemala
- Hylax wygodzinskyi Bechyné, 1950 – Argentina
- Hylax zikani (Bechyné, 1949) – Brazil
The following species were moved to Hermesia:[11]
- Hylax auratus (Olivier, 1808)
- Hylax auratus violaceus (Jacoby, 1882): synonym of Hermesia inermis Bowditch, 1921
- Hylax cyaneus (Bowditch, 1921)
Other synonyms:
- Hylax lateralis (Lefèvre, 1878): synonym of Chalcoplacis plicipennis (Germar, 1824)[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". In Lacordaire, J.T.; Chapuis, F. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455.
- ↑ "Hylax Lefèvre, 1884". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey bei München (in German). 4: 26–303.
- ↑ Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 78 (3): 553–557. doi:10.2307/3495545. JSTOR 3495545.
- ↑ Mafia, R.G.; da Silva, J.B.; Ramos, J.F.; Mafia, G.V.; Rosado-Neto, G.H.; Ferronatto, E.M.O. (2015). "Hylax bahiensis Bechyné (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae): a New Potential Pest of Eucalyptus and Species Used for Atlantic Rainforest Restoration". Neotropical Entomology. 44 (1): 98–100. doi:10.1007/s13744-014-0256-3. PMID 26013018. S2CID 256232508.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6: 569–657.
- ↑ Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
- 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9: 478–706.
- ↑ Bechyné, J. (1957). "Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 69: 226–247.
- ↑ Scherer, G. (1964). "Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Neotropischen Eumolpidenfauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpmae)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 15: 111–128.
- ↑ Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Hermesia Lefèvre, a resurrected genus of neotropical Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97 (1): 35–45.