Cylas Explained

Cylas is a genus of sweet potato weevils in the beetle family Brentidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cylas.

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

Further reading

• Book: Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). 2004. Sforzi . Alessandra. Bartolozzi . Luca. Sforzi . Alessandra. Bartolozzi . Luca. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 39. 978-88-86041-35-5. 1121-7545.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-25916-4.