| Hylax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Hylax Lefèvre, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Amasis calcaratus Chapuis, 1874 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amasis Chapuis, 1874 | |
Hylax is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Central America and South America.
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.
Species
- Hylax aeneus (Lefèvre, 1878)
- Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955
- Hylax analectus Bechyné, 1951
- Hylax bahiensis Bechyné, 1950
- Hylax bolivianus (Jacoby, 1882)
- Hylax calcaratus (Chapuis, 1874)
- Hylax chalybaeus (Lefèvre, 1878)
- Hylax chiriquiensis (Jacoby, 1900)
- Hylax chrysodinoides Bechyné, 1951
- Hylax continuus (Bechyné, 1949)
- Hylax coroicensis Bechyné, 1950
- Hylax costaricensis Bechyné, 1951
- Hylax cupreus (Olivier, 1791)
- Hylax cyanipes (Lefèvre, 1884)
- Hylax dilatipes (Bowditch, 1921)
- Hylax dimidiata (Jacoby, 1900)
- Hylax elongatus (Lefèvre, 1884)
- Hylax ferox (Baly, 1865)
- Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885)
- Hylax guerini Bechyné, 1953
- Hylax hilaris (Lefèvre, 1884)
- Hylax humeralis (Baly, 1860)
- Hylax hoegei (Jacoby, 1890)
- Hylax klugi (Lefèvre, 1884)
- Hylax lateralis (Germar, 1824)
- Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955
- Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881)
- Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878)
- Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900)
- Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958
- Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895)
- Hylax plagiatus (Lefèvre, 1878)
- Hylax pseudoviolaceus Bechyné, 1953
- 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:
- 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)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey (in German). 4: 26–303.
- 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.
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9: 478–706.
- 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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