Cylas
| Cylas | |
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| Cylas formicarius | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Suborder: | Polyphaga | 
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia | 
| Family: | Brentidae | 
| Subfamily: | Cyladinae | 
| Genus: | Latreille, 1802  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
 
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Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the subfamily Brentinae and the monogeneric tribe Cyladini. There are more than 20 described species in Cylas.[1][2][3]

Species
These 24 species belong to the genus Cylas:
- Cylas aeneus Hustache, 1922
 - Cylas brunneus (Olivier, 1790)
 - Cylas coimbatorensis (Subramanian, 1958)
 - Cylas compressus Hartmann, 1899
 - Cylas curtipennis Fairmaire, 1884
 - Cylas cyanescens Boheman, 1833
 - Cylas femoralis Faust, 1898
 - Cylas formicarius (Fabricius, 1798) (sweet potato weevil)
 - Cylas freyi Voss, 1966
 - Cylas glabripennis Hartmann, 1897
 - Cylas hovanus Hustache, 1933
 - Cylas impunctatus Faust, 1891
 - Cylas laevicollis Boheman, 1833
 - Cylas laevigatus Fåhraeus, 1871
 - Cylas longicollis Guérin-Méneville, 1833
 - Cylas nigrocoerulans Fairmaire, 1902
 - Cylas nitens Hustache, 1929
 - Cylas pumilus Marshall, 1953
 - Cylas puncticollis Boheman, 1833
 - Cylas robustus Faust, 1895
 - Cylas rufipes Faust, 1893
 - Cylas semipunctatus Fåhraeus, 1871
 - Cylas submetallicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1890
 - Cylas vandenplasi Burgeon, 1936
 
References
- ^ a b "Cylas Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
 - ^ "Cylas". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
 - ^ "Cylas genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
 
Further reading
- Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Vol. 39. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. ISBN 978-88-86041-35-5. ISSN 1121-7545.
 - Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
 - Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
 
External links
 Media related to Cylas at Wikimedia Commons
 
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