Biology:Cylas

Short description: Genus of beetles

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

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

Cylas formicarius

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

Further reading

• Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 39. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. ISBN 978-88-86041-35-5. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14926889 entry