Hylax

Hylax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

Amasis Chapuis, 1874
(preoccupied)[1]

Hylax is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[2][3] It is distributed in Central America and South America.[4]

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.[5]

Species

  • Hylax aeneus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
  • Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955[6] – Paraguay
  • Hylax analectus Bechyné, 1951 – Bolivia
  • Hylax bahiensis Bechyné, 1950 – Brazil
  • Hylax bolivianus (Jacoby, 1882) – Bolivia
  • Hylax calcaratus (Chapuis, 1874)[1]
    • Hylax calcaratus chalcaratus (Chapuis, 1874) – Brazil
    • Hylax calcaratus vianai (Bechyné, 1949) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Hylax chalybaeus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia, Mexico, Panama[7]
  • Hylax chiriquiensis (Jacoby, 1900) – Panama
  • Hylax chrysodinoides Bechyné, 1951 – Paraguay, Argentina
  • Hylax continuus (Bechyné, 1949) – Peru
  • Hylax coroicensis Bechyné, 1950
    • Hylax coroicensis coroicensis Bechyné, 1950 – Bolivia
    • Hylax coroicensis subcorpulentus Bechyné, 1958[8] – Peru
  • Hylax costaricensis Bechyné, 1951 – Costa Rica
  • Hylax cupreus (Olivier, 1791) – French Guiana
  • Hylax cyanipes (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana
  • Hylax dilatipes (Bowditch, 1921) – Paraguay
  • Hylax dimidiatus (Jacoby, 1900)[6] – Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
  • Hylax elongatus (Lefèvre, 1884) – Ecuador
  • Hylax ferox (Baly, 1865) – Guyana
  • Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885) – Peru
  • Hylax guerini Bechyné, 1953[3] – Brazil
  • Hylax hilaris (Lefèvre, 1884) – Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia[9]
  • Hylax humeralis (Baly, 1860) – Brazil
  • Hylax hoegei (Jacoby, 1890) – Mexico
  • Hylax klugi (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana, Brazil
  • Hylax lateralis (Germar, 1824)[6] – Guyana, Brazil
  • Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955[6] – Peru
  • Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico
  • Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
  • Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900) – Brazil
  • Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958[8] – Brazil
  • Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895) – Peru
  • Hylax plagiatus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
  • Hylax pseudoviolaceus Bechyné, 1953[3] – Guatemala
  • Hylax puncticollis (Jacoby, 1890) – Mexico
  • Hylax quadriplagiatus (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico
  • Hylax romani (Weise, 1921) – Brazil
  • Hylax rufimanus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
  • Hylax rufotestaceus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia
  • Hylax rugulosus (Lefèvre, 1882) – Ecuador
  • Hylax rutilans (Lefèvre, 1885) – Colombia
  • Hylax spinipes (Latreille, 1832) – South America
  • Hylax strigatus (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana, Brazil[10]
  • Hylax strigicollis (Jacoby, 1890) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Hylax tarsalis (Lefèvre, 1885) – Venezuela, Brazil (?)
  • Hylax tenebrosus (Jacoby, 1890) – Panama
  • Hylax viridis (Bowditch, 1921) – Costa Rica, Guatemala
  • Hylax wygodzinskyi Bechyné, 1950 – Argentina
  • Hylax zikani (Bechyné, 1949) – Brazil

The following species were moved to Hermesia:[11]

  • 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)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "Hylax Lefèvre, 1884". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Bechyné, J. (1953). "Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey bei München (in German). 4: 26–303.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 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.
  7. ↑ Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
  8. 1 2 Bechyné, J. (1958). "Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 9: 478–706.
  9. ↑ Bechyné, J. (1957). "Eumolpides neo-tropicaux de la collection du Museo civico di Storia naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova (Col. Phytophaga)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. 69: 226–247.
  10. ↑ Scherer, G. (1964). "Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Neotropischen Eumolpidenfauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpmae)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 15: 111–128.
  11. ↑ 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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