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) – Colombia Hylax apollodorus Bechyné, 1955 – Paraguay Hylax analectus Bechyné, 1951 – Bolivia Hylax bahiensis Bechyné, 1950 – Brazil Hylax bolivianus (Jacoby, 1882) – Bolivia Hylax calcaratus (Chapuis, 1874) Hylax calcaratus chalcaratus (Chapuis, 1874) – Brazil Hylax calcaratus vianai (Bechyné, 1949) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Hylax chalybaeus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia, Mexico, Panama 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 – 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) – Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador Hylax elongatus (Lefèvre, 1884) – Ecuador Hylax ferox (Baly, 1865) – Guyana Hylax flavipes (Lefèvre, 1885) – Peru Hylax guerini Bechyné, 1953 – Brazil Hylax hilaris (Lefèvre, 1884) – Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia Hylax humeralis (Baly, 1860) – Brazil Hylax hoegei (Jacoby, 1890) – Mexico Hylax klugi (Lefèvre, 1884) – French Guiana, Brazil Hylax lateralis (Germar, 1824) – Guyana, Brazil Hylax marcapatensis Bechyné, 1955 – Peru Hylax mexicanus (Jacoby, 1881) – Mexico Hylax mutabilis (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia Hylax nigroviolaceus (Jacoby, 1900) – Brazil Hylax pereirai Bechyné, 1958 – Brazil Hylax peruanus (Lefèvre, 1895) – Peru Hylax plagiatus (Lefèvre, 1878) – Colombia Hylax pseudoviolaceus Bechyné, 1953 – 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 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: 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)
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