Cylas

Cylas
Cylas formicarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Brentidae
Subfamily:Cyladinae
Genus:Cylas
Latreille, 1802
Synonyms[1]
  • Protocylas Pierce, 1941

Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 20 described species in Cylas.[1][2][3][4]

Cylas formicarius

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Cylas:

  • Cylas aeneus Hustache, 1922 i g
  • Cylas brunneus (Olivier, 1790) i g
  • Cylas coimbatorensis (Subramanian, 1958) i g
  • Cylas compressus Hartmann, 1899 i g
  • Cylas curtipennis Fairmaire, 1884 i g
  • Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833 i g
  • Cylas femoralis Faust, 1898 i g
  • Cylas formicarius (Fabricius, 1798) i g b (sweet potato weevil)
  • Cylas freyi Voss, 1966 i g
  • Cylas glabripennis Hartmann, 1897 i g
  • Cylas hovanus Hustache, 1933 i g
  • Cylas impunctatus Faust, 1891 i g
  • Cylas laevicollis Boheman, 1833 i g
  • Cylas laevigatus Fåhraeus, 1871 i g
  • Cylas longicollis Guérin-Méneville, 1833 i g
  • Cylas nigrocoerulans Fairmaire, 1902 i g
  • Cylas nitens Hustache, 1929 i g
  • Cylas pumilus Marshall, 1953 i g
  • Cylas puncticollis Boheman, 1833 i
  • Cylas robustus Faust, 1895 i g
  • Cylas rufipes Faust, 1893 i g
  • Cylas semipunctatus Fåhraeus, 1871 i g
  • Cylas submetallicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1890 i g
  • Cylas vandenplasi Burgeon, 1936 i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cylas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "Cylas". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. 1 2 "Cylas Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ↑ "Cylas Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca, eds. (2004). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN 88-86041-35-7. ISSN 1121-7545.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Media related to Cylas at Wikimedia Commons


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