Hermesia (beetle)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Hermesia Lefèvre, 1877[1] |
| Type species | |
Olivier, 1808
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Hermesia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. They are found in Central America and South America.
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]
- (Olivier, 1808) (Synonym: Chalcophana nitidissimus Erichson, 1847)
- Bowditch, 1921
- Bowditch, 1921 (Synonym: Rhabdopterus violaceus Jacoby, 1882)
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.
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:
- Eumolpinae
- Chrysomelidae genera
- Beetles of Central America
- Beetles of South America
- Taxa named by Édouard Lefèvre
- Eumolpinae stubs