Hermesia (beetle)
Genus of leaf beetles
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Hermesia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is found in Central America and South America.
| Hermesia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| 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 (country records from Jan Bechyné's 1953 catalog):[2][3]