Taophila

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: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Taophila
Subgenera (2): T. (Jolivetiana) – T. (Taophila)

Overview of species (21)

T. bituberculata – T. carinata – T. corvi – T. dapportoi – T. davincii – T. deimos – T. draco – T. goa – T. hackae – T. hydrae – T. joliveti – T. mantillerii – T. millei – T. nigrans – T. sagittarii – T. samuelsoni – T. scorpii – T. sideralis – T. subsericea – T. taaluny – T. wanati

Name

Taophila Heller, 1916: 305

Gender: feminine

Type species: Taophila subsericea Heller, 1916, by original designation [and monotypy].

References

Primary references

• Heller, K.M. 1916–1917. Die Käfer von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. In: Sarasin, F. & Roux, J: Nova Caledonia, A. Zoologie 2(3) [1916]: 227–364, pls X–XI. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gómez-Zurita, J. 2017. Insights on the genus Acronymolpus Samuelson with new synonymies and exclusion of Stethotes Baly from the fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Pp 65–75 in: Chaboo, C.S. & Schmitt, M. (Eds) 2017. Research on Chrysomelidae 7. ZooKeys 720: 1–137. Reference page.  ZooKeys 720: 65–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.720.13582 . Reference page. 
• Gómez-Zurita, J. & Cardoso, A. 2013 [2014]. Systematics of the New Caledonian endemic genus Taophila Heller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) combining morphological, molecular and ecological data, with description of two new species. Systematic Entomology 39(1): 111–126. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12038 . Reference page. 
• Gómez-Zurita, J., Platania, L. & Cardoso, A. 2020. A new species of the genus Tricholapita nom. nov. and stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia. Zootaxa 4858(1): 85–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5 . Reference page. 
• Jolivet, P., Verma, K.K. & Mille, C. 2007. New species of Eumolpinae from the genera Dematochroma Baly, 1864 and Taophila Heller, 1916 from New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Eumolpidae). Revue française d'entomologie (n.s.) 29(1): 33–47. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Platania, L., Cardoso, A. & Gómez-Zurita, J. 2019. Diversity and evolution of New Caledonian endemic Taophila subgenus Lapita (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 1123–1154. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz119 . Reference page. 
• Platania, L. & Gómez-Zurita, J. 2021. Integrative taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Taophila Heller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 53(2): 111–184. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-bja10021 . Reference page. 
• Platania, L. & Gómez-Zurita, J. 2023. Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia. Pp 41–55 in Chaboo, C.S. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) 2023. Research on Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177ː 1–258. Reference page.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293 Reference page. 
• Samuelson, G.A. 2010. Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Zootaxa 2621: 45–62. Preview PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.3 . Reference page.