Cylas

Cylas
Cylas formicarius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Brentidae
Subfamily:	Cyladinae
Genus:	Cylas Latreille, 1802
Synonyms
Protocylas Pierce, 1941

Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 20 described species in Cylas.

Cylas formicarius

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Cylas:

• Cylas aeneus Hustache, 1922 ^{i g}
• Cylas brunneus (Olivier, 1790) ^{i g}
• Cylas coimbatorensis (Subramanian, 1958) ^{i g}
• Cylas compressus Hartmann, 1899 ^{i g}
• Cylas curtipennis Fairmaire, 1884 ^{i g}
• Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833 ^{i g}
• Cylas femoralis Faust, 1898 ^{i g}
• Cylas formicarius (Fabricius, 1798) ^{i g b} (sweet potato weevil)
• Cylas freyi Voss, 1966 ^{i g}
• Cylas glabripennis Hartmann, 1897 ^{i g}
• Cylas hovanus Hustache, 1933 ^{i g}
• Cylas impunctatus Faust, 1891 ^{i g}
• Cylas laevicollis Boheman, 1833 ^{i g}
• Cylas laevigatus Fåhraeus, 1871 ^{i g}
• Cylas longicollis Guérin-Méneville, 1833 ^{i g}
• Cylas nigrocoerulans Fairmaire, 1902 ^{i g}
• Cylas nitens Hustache, 1929 ^{i g}
• Cylas pumilus Marshall, 1953 ^{i g}
• Cylas puncticollis Boheman, 1833 ⁱ
• Cylas robustus Faust, 1895 ^{i g}
• Cylas rufipes Faust, 1893 ^{i g}
• Cylas semipunctatus Fåhraeus, 1871 ^{i g}
• Cylas submetallicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1890 ^{i g}
• Cylas vandenplasi Burgeon, 1936 ^{i g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. 88 (88). Pensoft Publishers. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca, eds. (2004). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN 88-86041-35-7. ISSN 1121-7545.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Cylas at Wikimedia Commons