Biology:Hylax

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from Central and South America

Hylax
Scientific classification e
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]

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

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

  • Hylax aeneus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955[5]
  • 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 chalybaeus (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • 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[6]
  • Hylax costaricensis Bechyné, 1951
  • Hylax cupreus (Olivier, 1791)
  • Hylax cyanipes (Lefèvre, 1884)
  • Hylax dilatipes (Bowditch, 1921)
  • Hylax dimidiata (Jacoby, 1900)[5]
  • 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)[5]
  • Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955[5]
  • Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881)
  • Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878)
  • Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900)
  • Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958[6]
  • 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:[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. 1.0 1.1 Chapuis, F. (1874). "Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages". Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères. Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. pp. i–iv, 1–455. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)" (in German). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 4: 26–303. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311. 
  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. http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/59163. 
  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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273379771. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45918278. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München 9: 478–706. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45990136. 
  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. https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_53301_hermesialefevrearesurrectedgen1884. 

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