# Hylax

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{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Central and South America}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Hylax
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884
| type_species = ''[Amasis calcaratus](/source/Hylax_calcaratus)''
| type_species_authority = [Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis), 1874
| synonyms = ''Amasis'' <small>[Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis), 1874<br />(preoccupied)</small><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](/source/genus) of [leaf beetle](/source/leaf_beetle)s in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/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](/source/Central_America) and [South America](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hylax_bahiensis)'' was recorded attacking clonal [eucalyptus](/source/eucalyptus) plantations and [forest restoration](/source/forest_restoration) areas between 2010 and 2013 in the states of [Espírito Santo](/source/Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo), [Bahia](/source/Bahia) and [Minas Gerais](/source/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==
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* ''[Hylax aeneus](/source/Hylax_aeneus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax apollodorus](/source/Hylax_apollodorus)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1955</small><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](/source/Hylax_analectus)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1951</small>
* ''[Hylax bahiensis](/source/Hylax_bahiensis)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950</small>
* ''[Hylax bolivianus](/source/Hylax_bolivianus)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1882)</small>
* ''[Hylax calcaratus](/source/Hylax_calcaratus)'' <small>([Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis), 1874)</small><ref name="Chapuis1874"/>
** ''Hylax calcaratus chalcaratus'' <small>([Chapuis](/source/F%C3%A9licien_Chapuis), 1874)</small>
** ''Hylax calcaratus vianai'' <small>([Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1949)</small>
* ''[Hylax chalybaeus](/source/Hylax_chalybaeus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax chiriquiensis](/source/Hylax_chiriquiensis)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1900)</small>
* ''[Hylax chrysodinoides](/source/Hylax_chrysodinoides)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1951</small>
* ''[Hylax continuus](/source/Hylax_continuus)'' <small>([Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1949)</small>
* ''[Hylax coroicensis](/source/Hylax_coroicensis)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950</small>
** ''Hylax coroicensis coroicensis'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950</small>
** ''Hylax coroicensis subcorpulentus'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1958</small><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](/source/Hylax_costaricensis)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1951</small>
* ''[Hylax cupreus](/source/Hylax_cupreus)'' <small>([Olivier](/source/Guillaume-Antoine_Olivier), 1791)</small>
* ''[Hylax cyanipes](/source/Hylax_cyanipes)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884)</small>
* ''[Hylax dilatipes](/source/Hylax_dilatipes)'' <small>(Bowditch, 1921)</small>
* ''[Hylax dimidiata](/source/Hylax_dimidiata)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1900)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/>
* ''[Hylax elongatus](/source/Hylax_elongatus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884)</small>
* ''[Hylax ferox](/source/Hylax_ferox)'' <small>([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1865)</small>
* ''[Hylax flavipes](/source/Hylax_flavipes)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885)</small>
* ''[Hylax guerini](/source/Hylax_guerini)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/>
* ''[Hylax hilaris](/source/Hylax_hilaris)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884)</small>
* ''[Hylax humeralis](/source/Hylax_humeralis)'' <small>([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1860)</small>
* ''[Hylax hoegei](/source/Hylax_hoegei)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)</small>
* ''[Hylax klugi](/source/Hylax_klugi)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884)</small>
* ''[Hylax lateralis](/source/Hylax_lateralis)'' <small>([Germar](/source/Ernst_Friedrich_Germar), 1824)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/>
* ''[Hylax marcapatensis](/source/Hylax_marcapatensis)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1955</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/>
* ''[Hylax mexicanus](/source/Hylax_mexicanus)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small>
* ''[Hylax mutabilis](/source/Hylax_mutabilis)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax nigroviolaceus](/source/Hylax_nigroviolaceus)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1900)</small>
* ''[Hylax pereirai](/source/Hylax_pereirai)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1958</small><ref name="Bechyné1958"/>
* ''[Hylax peruanus](/source/Hylax_peruanus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1895)</small>
* ''[Hylax plagiatus](/source/Hylax_plagiatus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax pseudoviolaceus](/source/Hylax_pseudoviolaceus)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1953</small><ref name="Bechyné1953"/>
* ''[Hylax puncticollis](/source/Hylax_puncticollis)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)</small>
* ''[Hylax quadriplagiatus](/source/Hylax_quadriplagiatus)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1881)</small>
* ''[Hylax romani](/source/Hylax_romani)'' <small>([Weise](/source/Julius_Weise), 1921)</small>
* ''[Hylax rufimanus](/source/Hylax_rufimanus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax rufotestaceus](/source/Hylax_rufotestaceus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>
* ''[Hylax rugulosus](/source/Hylax_rugulosus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1882)</small>
* ''[Hylax rutilans](/source/Hylax_rutilans)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885)</small>
* ''[Hylax spinipes](/source/Hylax_spinipes)'' <small>([Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille), 1832)</small>
* ''[Hylax strigatus](/source/Hylax_strigatus)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1884)</small>
* ''[Hylax strigicollis](/source/Hylax_strigicollis)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)</small>
* ''[Hylax tarsalis](/source/Hylax_tarsalis)'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1885)</small>
* ''[Hylax tenebrosus](/source/Hylax_tenebrosus)'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1890)</small>
* ''[Hylax viridis](/source/Hylax_viridis)'' <small>(Bowditch, 1921)</small>
* ''[Hylax wygodzinskyi](/source/Hylax_wygodzinskyi)'' <small>[Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1950</small>
* ''[Hylax zikani](/source/Hylax_zikani)'' <small>([Bechyné](/source/Jan_Bechyn%C3%A9), 1949)</small>
{{div col end}}

The following species were moved to ''[Hermesia](/source/Hermesia_(beetle))'':<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](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Entomological_Society_of_Washington)|volume=97|issue=1|pages=35–45}}</ref>
* ''Hylax auratus'' <small>([Olivier](/source/Guillaume-Antoine_Olivier), 1808)</small>
* ''Hylax auratus violaceus'' <small>([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1882)</small>: synonym of ''[Hermesia inermis](/source/Hermesia_inermis)'' <small>Bowditch, 1921</small>
* ''Hylax cyaneus'' <small>(Bowditch, 1921)</small>

Other synonyms:
* ''Hylax lateralis'' <small>([Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1878)</small>: synonym of ''[Chalcoplacis plicipennis](/source/Chalcoplacis_plicipennis)'' <small>([Germar](/source/Ernst_Friedrich_Germar), 1824)</small><ref name="Bechyné1955"/>

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

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

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