Hermesia (beetle)
Hermesia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They are found in Central America and South America.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
Tribe: | Eumolpini |
Genus: | Hermesia Lefèvre, 1877[1] |
Type species | |
Colaspis aurata Olivier, 1808 |
The genus was previously considered a synonym of Hylax, but in 1995 it was restored as a separate genus.[2]
Species
As of 1995, Hermesia contains three species:[2]
- Hermesia aurata (Olivier, 1808) (Synonym: Chalcophana nitidissimus Erichson, 1847)
- Hermesia cyanea Bowditch, 1921
- Hermesia inermis Bowditch, 1921 (Synonym: Rhabdopterus violaceus Jacoby, 1882)
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References
- Lefèvre, E. (1877). "La description suivante d'un genre nouveau de coléoptères, appartenant à la famille des eumolpides". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France: clxxviii–clxxix.
- Flowers, R. Wills (1995). "Hermesia Lefèvre, a resurrected genus of neotropical Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97 (1): 35–45.
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