Cylas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Brentidae
Subfamilia: Brentinae
Genus: Cylas
Subgenera: C. (Protocylas)
Species incerti subgeneris: C. formicarius
Name

Cylas Latreille, 1802
References

Cylas – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
日本語: アリモドキゾウムシ属

Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the beetle family Brentidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cylas.[1][2][3]
Cylas formicarius
Contents

1 Species
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

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

"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. 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.