Hyperaxis

Hyperaxis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Hyperaxis Harold, 1874[1]
Type species
Metaxis sellata Baly, 1863[2]
Synonyms
Metaxis Baly, 1863 (nec Chaudoir, 1850)[2] Pseudopiomera Jacoby, 1892[3]

Hyperaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[4] It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia.[5]

Species

Species in Hyperaxis include:[6]

• Hyperaxis albostriata (Motschulsky, 1866)
• Hyperaxis ariyani Chûjô, 1964
• Hyperaxis balyi (Jacoby, 1889)[3]
• Hyperaxis buonloica Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
  • Hyperaxis buonloica buonloica Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
  • Hyperaxis buonloica darlaki Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
• Hyperaxis dentifemur Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
• Hyperaxis distincta Duvivier, 1892
• Hyperaxis dubia Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis feae Jacoby, 1904[8]
• Hyperaxis foveolata Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis fulvohirsuta (Jacoby, 1904)[8]
• Hyperaxis grisea Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis harmandi Lefèvre, 1893[9][4]
• Hyperaxis longipilosa Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
• Hyperaxis maculata Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982[10]
• Hyperaxis malabarica Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis mandarensis Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis nigra (Chen, 1935)
• Hyperaxis nigrescens (Chûjô, 1956)[11]
• Hyperaxis nigrita (Eroshkina, 1992)[12][4]
• Hyperaxis pallidicornis (Jacoby, 1892)
• Hyperaxis pallidipes (Pic, 1929)[10]
• Hyperaxis penicillata Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis phanrangi Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
• Hyperaxis phuquocnia Nguyen, 2022[13]
• Hyperaxis quadraticollis Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Hyperaxis scutellata (Baly, 1863)[2]
• Hyperaxis sellata (Baly, 1863)[2]
• Hyperaxis sonlanga Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017[4]
• Hyperaxis tanongchiti Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982[10]
• Hyperaxis variegata Jacoby, 1904[8]
• Hyperaxis yaosanica Chen, 1940

The following species were described for the genus Pseudopiomera, but have not been moved to Hyperaxis (?):

• Pseudopiomera andrewesi Jacoby, 1908[7]
• Pseudopiomera ceylonensis Jacoby, 1908[7]

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Hyperaxis consors Chen, 1940: synonym of Hyperaxis yaosanica Chen, 1940[14]
• Hyperaxis duvivieri (Jacoby, 1904):[8] synonym of Trichotheca hirta Baly, 1860[15]
• Hyperaxis robustus (Pic, 1929):[16] synonym of Demotina inhirsuta (Pic, 1923)
• Hyperaxis semifasciata (Jacoby, 1887):[17] synonym of Hyperaxis albostriata (Motschulsky, 1866)[18]

References

1. Gemminger, M.; Harold, E. von (1874). Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Tom. XI. Chrysomelidae (Pars I.). Vol. 11. Monachii [= München]: G. Beck. p. 3377.
2. Baly, J. S. (1863). "An attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 143–163.
3. Medvedev, L. N. (2000). "Jacoby's types of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Burma in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa. Part 1". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria". 93: 167–184.
4. Moseyko, A.G.; Medvedev, L.N. (2017). "A review of the chrysomelid genus Hyperaxis Gemm. et Har., 1874 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Entomological Review. 97 (5): 624–642. doi:10.1134/S0013873817050086. S2CID 29631805.
5. Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
6. Clavareau, H. (1914). "Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae". In Junk, W.; Schenkling, S. (eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 59. Berlin: W. Junk. pp. 1–215.
7. Jacoby, M. (1908). Bingham, C. T. (ed.). Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis.
8. Jacoby, M. (1904). "Another contribution to the knowledge of Indian phytophagous Coleoptera". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 48: 380–406.
9. Lefèvre, E. (1893). "Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62: 111–134.
10. Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J. L. (1982). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae" (PDF). Esakia. 18: 1–141. doi:10.5109/2421. hdl:2324/2421. S2CID 83265328.
11. Chûjô, M. (1956). "A taxonomic study on the Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Formosa. Part VIII. Subfamily Eumolpinae" (PDF). The Philippine Journal of Science. 85 (1): 1–180.
12. Eroshkina, G. A. (1992). Ревизия рода Demotina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) фауны Вьетнама [Revision of the Genus Demotina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) of the Vietnam Fauna]. In Medvedev, L. N. (ed.). Систематика и экология насекомых Вьетнама [Systematics and Ecology of the Insects of Vietnam] (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka. pp. 91–103. ISBN 9785020054219.
13. Nguyen, D.T. (2022). "Description of a new species of the genus Hyperaxis Germminger & Harold, 1874 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Vietnam with an update key to species". Academia Journal of Biology. 44 (3): 139–147. doi:10.15625/2615-9023/17079.
14. Moseyko, A.G. (2020). "Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 100 (6) (published 15 January 2021): 843–862. doi:10.1134/S0013873820060123. S2CID 234621478.
15. Medvedev, L.N.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (1997). "Chrysomelidae of Nepal and neighbouring regions. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Coleoptera. 1: 203–247. ISSN 0945-1889.
16. Moseyko, A.G. (2005). "A new species of genus Demotina Baly (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Vietnam with notes on synonymi of related species" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 14 (1): 55–57.
17. Jacoby, M. (1887). "Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Ceylon, obtained by Mr. George Lewis during the years 1881–1882". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1887 (5): 65–119. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb02944.x.
18. Weise, J. (1914). "Synonymische Bemerkungen". Entomologische Blätter. 10: 122.