Hermesia (beetle)

Hermesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

Hermesia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is 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]

• Hermesia aurata (Olivier, 1808) (Synonym: Chalcophana nitidissimus Erichson, 1847)
• Hermesia cyanea Bowditch, 1921
• Hermesia inermis Bowditch, 1921 (Synonym: Rhabdopterus violaceus Jacoby, 1882)

References

1. 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.
2. 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.