Hylax

{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Central and South America}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Hylax | display_parents = 2 | authority = Lefèvre, 1884 | type_species = ''Amasis calcaratus'' | type_species_authority = Chapuis, 1874 | synonyms = ''Amasis'' Chapuis, 1874 (preoccupied)<ref name="Chapuis1874">{{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}</ref> }}

'''''Hylax''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.<ref name=CoL/><ref name="Bechyné1953">{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1953|title=Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey bei München |volume=4|pages=26–303|language=German}}</ref> It is distributed in Central America and South America.<ref name="Flowers1995">{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R. Wills|year=1995|title=Some Corrections to the Generic Records of Central American Eumolpinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)|journal=The Florida Entomologist|volume=78|issue=3|pages=553–557|doi=10.2307/3495545|jstor=3495545|url=https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/59163 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mafia|first1=R.G.|last2=da Silva|first2=J.B.|last3=Ramos|first3=J.F.|last4=Mafia|first4=G.V.|last5=Rosado-Neto|first5=G.H.|last6=Ferronatto|first6=E.M.O.|title=''Hylax bahiensis'' Bechyné (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae): a New Potential Pest of Eucalyptus and Species Used for Atlantic Rainforest Restoration|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273379771|journal=Neotropical Entomology|volume=44|pages=98–100|year=2015|issue=1 |doi=10.1007/s13744-014-0256-3|pmid=26013018 |s2cid=256232508 }}</ref>

==Species== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Hylax aeneus'' (Lefèvre, 1878) * ''Hylax apollodorus'' Bechyné, 1955<ref name="Bechyné1955">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1955|title=Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45918278|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=6|pages=569–657}}</ref> * ''Hylax analectus'' Bechyné, 1951 * ''Hylax bahiensis'' Bechyné, 1950 * ''Hylax bolivianus'' (Jacoby, 1882) * ''Hylax calcaratus'' (Chapuis, 1874)<ref name="Chapuis1874"/> ** ''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<ref name="Bechyné1958">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1958|title=Notizen zu den neotropischen Chrysomeloidea (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45990136|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=9|pages=478–706}}</ref> * ''Hylax costaricensis'' Bechyné, 1951 * ''Hylax cupreus'' (Olivier, 1791) * ''Hylax cyanipes'' (Lefèvre, 1884) * ''Hylax dilatipes'' (Bowditch, 1921) * ''Hylax dimidiata'' (Jacoby, 1900)<ref name="Bechyné1955"/> * ''Hylax elongatus'' (Lefèvre, 1884) * ''Hylax ferox'' (Baly, 1865) * ''Hylax flavipes'' (Lefèvre, 1885) * ''Hylax guerini'' Bechyné, 1953<ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''Hylax hilaris'' (Lefèvre, 1884) * ''Hylax humeralis'' (Baly, 1860) * ''Hylax hoegei'' (Jacoby, 1890) * ''Hylax klugi'' (Lefèvre, 1884) * ''Hylax lateralis'' (Germar, 1824)<ref name="Bechyné1955"/> * ''Hylax marcapatensis'' Bechyné, 1955<ref name="Bechyné1955"/> * ''Hylax mexicanus'' (Jacoby, 1881) * ''Hylax mutabilis'' (Lefèvre, 1878) * ''Hylax nigroviolaceus'' (Jacoby, 1900) * ''Hylax pereirai'' Bechyné, 1958<ref name="Bechyné1958"/> * ''Hylax peruanus'' (Lefèvre, 1895) * ''Hylax plagiatus'' (Lefèvre, 1878) * ''Hylax pseudoviolaceus'' Bechyné, 1953<ref name="Bechyné1953"/> * ''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) {{div col end}}

The following species were moved to ''Hermesia'':<ref name="Flowers1995b">{{cite journal|first=R. Wills|last=Flowers|year=1995|title=''Hermesia'' Lefèvre, a resurrected genus of neotropical Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|url=https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_53301_hermesialefevrearesurrectedgen1884|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=97|issue=1|pages=35–45}}</ref> * ''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)<ref name="Bechyné1955"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=CoL>{{Catalogue of Life |id=PXSQB|title=''Hylax'' Lefèvre, 1884 |access-date=18 March 2026}}</ref> }}

Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of Central America Category:Beetles of South America Category:Taxa named by Édouard Lefèvre

Hylax

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