Hylax

Hylax is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2] It is distributed in Central America and South America.[3]

Hylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Hylax
Lefèvre, 1884
Type species
Amasis calcaratus
Chapuis, 1874
Synonyms

Amasis Chapuis, 1874
(preoccupied)[1]

Species
  • Hylax aeneus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955[4]
  • Hylax analectus Bechyné, 1951
  • Hylax bahiensis Bechyné, 1950
  • Hylax bolivianus (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Hylax calcaratus (Chapuis, 1874)[1]
    • Hylax calcaratus chalcaratus (Chapuis, 1874)
    • Hylax calcaratus vianai (Bechyné, 1949)
  • Hylax chiriquiensis (Jacoby, 1900)
  • Hylax chrysodinoides Bechyné, 1951
  • Hylax continuus (Bechyné, 1949)
  • Hylax coroicensis Bechyné, 1950
    • Hylax coroicensis coroicensis Bechyné, 1950
    • Hylax coroicensis subcorpulentus Bechyné, 1958[5]
  • Hylax costaricensis Bechyné, 1951
  • Hylax cupreus (Olivier, 1791)
  • Hylax cyanipes (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax dilatipes (Bowditch, 1921)
  • Hylax dimidiata (Jacoby, 1900)[4]
  • Hylax elongatus (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax ferox (Baly, 1865)
  • Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885)
  • Hylax guerini Bechyné, 1953[2]
  • Hylax hilaris (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax humeralis (Baly, 1860)
  • Hylax hoegei (Jacoby, 1890)
  • Hylax klugi (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax lateralis (Germar, 1824)[4]
  • Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955[4]
  • Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881)
  • Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900)
  • Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958[5]
  • Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895)
  • Hylax plagiatus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax pseudoviolaceus Bechyné, 1953[2]
  • Hylax puncticollis (Jacoby, 1890)
  • Hylax quadriplagiatus (Jacoby, 1881)
  • Hylax romani (Weise, 1921)
  • Hylax rufimanus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax rufotestaceus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax rugulosus (Lefèvre, 1882)
  • Hylax rutilans (Lefèvre, 1885)
  • Hylax spinipes (Latreille, 1832)
  • Hylax strigatus (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax strigicollis (Jacoby, 1890)
  • Hylax tarsalis (Lefèvre, 1885)
  • Hylax tenebrosus (Jacoby, 1890)
  • Hylax viridis (Bowditch, 1921)
  • Hylax wygodzinskyi Bechyné, 1950
  • Hylax zikani (Bechyné, 1949)

The following species were moved to Hermesia:[6]

  • 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)[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing Bei München. 9: 478–706.
  6. 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.


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