Philopona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Galerucinae
Tribus: Alticini
Genus: Philopona
Species: P. birmanica – P. howitti – P. mouhoti – P. pseudomouhoti – P. shima – P. vibex – P. zangana

Name

Philopona Weise, 1903: 216

Type species: Oedionychis vernicata Gerstaecker, 1871, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Weise, J. 1903. Afrikanische Chrysomeliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 69(1): 197–226. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Döberl, M. 2010. Subfamily Alticinae Newman, 1835. Pp. 491–563. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page.  [p. 544]
• Ge, D.-Y., Wang, S.-Y. & Yang, X.-K. 2009. Study on the genus Philopona Weise (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticinae) and a new species from China. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(1): 27–32. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.27 . ResearchGate . Reference page.