Cylas

Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the beetle family Brentidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cylas.[1][2][3]

Cylas formicarius

Cylas
Cylas formicarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Brentidae
Subfamily: Cyladinae
Genus: Cylas
Latreille, 1802
Synonyms[1]
  • Protocylas Pierce, 1941

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Cylas:

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

References
  1. "Cylas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Cylas". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading
  • Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Vol. 39. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. ISBN 978-88-86041-35-5. ISSN 1121-7545.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
  • Media related to Cylas at Wikimedia Commons


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