Hylettus Bates, 1864

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Hylettus Bates, 1864c: 11 .

Type species — Liopus coenobita Erichson, 1847 (subsequent designation, Monné, 1982: 96).

Diagnosis. Scape with open cicatrix; lateral tubercles of the prothorax placed near middle or closer to posterior angle; elytra without humeral carina and centrobasal crest. Number of species currently included: 14; in Central America: 2.