Hyperaxis Explained

Hyperaxis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.^[1] It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia.^[2]

Species

Species in Hyperaxis include:^[3]

• Hyperaxis albostriata (Motschulsky, 1866)
• Hyperaxis ariyani Chûjô, 1964
• Hyperaxis balyi (Jacoby, 1889)
• Hyperaxis buonloica Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
  • Hyperaxis buonloica buonloica Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
  • Hyperaxis buonloica darlaki Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
• Hyperaxis dentifemur Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
• Hyperaxis distincta Duvivier, 1892
• Hyperaxis dubia Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis feae Jacoby, 1904^[5]
• Hyperaxis foveolata Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis fulvohirsuta (Jacoby, 1904)^[5]
• Hyperaxis grisea Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis harmandi Lefèvre, 1893^{[6] [1]}
• Hyperaxis longipilosa Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
• Hyperaxis maculata Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982^[7]
• Hyperaxis malabarica Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis mandarensis Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis nigra (Chen, 1935)
• Hyperaxis nigrescens (Chûjô, 1956)^[8]
• Hyperaxis nigrita (Eroshkina, 1992)^{[9] [1]}
• Hyperaxis pallidicornis (Jacoby, 1892)
• Hyperaxis pallidipes (Pic, 1929)^[7]
• Hyperaxis penicillata Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis phanrangi Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
• Hyperaxis phuquocnia Nguyen, 2022^[10]
• Hyperaxis quadraticollis Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Hyperaxis scutellata (Baly, 1863)
• Hyperaxis sellata (Baly, 1863)
• Hyperaxis sonlanga Moseyko & Medvedev, 2017^[1]
• Hyperaxis tanongchiti Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982^[7]
• Hyperaxis variegata Jacoby, 1904^[5]
• Hyperaxis yaosanica Chen, 1940

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

• Pseudopiomera andrewesi Jacoby, 1908^[4]
• Pseudopiomera ceylonensis Jacoby, 1908^[4]

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Hyperaxis consors Chen, 1940: synonym of Hyperaxis yaosanica Chen, 1940^[11]
• Hyperaxis duvivieri (Jacoby, 1904):^[5] synonym of Trichotheca hirta Baly, 1860^[12]
• Hyperaxis robustus (Pic, 1929):^[13] synonym of Demotina inhirsuta (Pic, 1923)
• Hyperaxis semifasciata (Jacoby, 1887):^[14] synonym of Hyperaxis albostriata (Motschulsky, 1866)^[15]

Notes and References

1. Moseyko. A.G.. Medvedev. L.N.. 2017. A review of the chrysomelid genus Hyperaxis Gemm. et Har., 1874 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Vietnam. Entomological Review. 97. 5. 624–642. 10.1134/S0013873817050086. 29631805.
2. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
3. Clavareau. H.. 1914. Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae. Junk. W.. Wilhelm Junk. Schenkling. S.. Sigmund Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus. 59. 1–215. Berlin. W. Junk.
4. Book: Jacoby, M.. 1908. Bingham. C. T.. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis. London.
5. Jacoby. M.. 1904. Another contribution to the knowledge of Indian phytophagous Coleoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 48. 380–406.
6. Lefèvre. E.. 1893. Contributions à la faune Indo-Chinoise, 12. Clytrides & Eumolpides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62. 111–134.
7. Kimoto. S.. Gressitt. J. L.. 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia. 18. 1–141. 10.5109/2421 . 2324/2421. 83265328 .
8. Chûjô. M.. 1956. A taxonomic study on the Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Formosa. Part VIII. Subfamily Eumolpinae. The Philippine Journal of Science. 85. 1. 1–180.
9. Book: Eroshkina, G. A.. 1992. Revision of the Genus Demotina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) of the Vietnam Fauna. ru:Ревизия рода Demotina (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) фауны Вьетнама. Medvedev. L. N.. Systematics and Ecology of the Insects of Vietnam. ru:Систематика и экология насекомых Вьетнама. Nauka. Moscow. 91–103. 9785020054219. Russian.
10. 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. 10.15625/2615-9023/17079. free.
11. Moseyko. A.G.. 2020. 15 January 2021. Notes on Asiatic Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomological Review. 100. 6. 843–862. 10.1134/S0013873820060123. 234621478 .
12. Medvedev. L.N.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 1997. Chrysomelidae of Nepal and neighbouring regions. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Coleoptera. 0945-1889. 1. 203–247.
13. A.G.. Moseyko. 2005. A new species of genus Demotina Baly (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Vietnam with notes on synonymi of related species. Russian Entomological Journal. 14. 1. 55–57.
14. 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. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb02944.x.
15. Weise. J.. 1914. Synonymische Bemerkungen. Entomologische Blätter. 10. 122.