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

Amasis Chapuis, 1874
(preoccupied)
[1]

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.[4]

Species

The following species were moved to Hermesia:[7]

  • 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)[5]

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. 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.
  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.
  6. Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9: 478–706.
  7. 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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