Tricholapita

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: Tricholapita
Species (12): T. aphrodita – T. atlantis – T. gaea – T. hermes – T. kronos – T. mars – T. oceanica – T. olympica – T. ouranos – T. reidi – T. riberai – T. tridentata

Name

Tricholapita Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso in Gómez-Zurita, Platania & Cardoso, 2020

Type species: Taophila mars Samuelson, 2010, automatic.

Synonymy

• Lapita Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014: 12 (as subgenus of Taophila) [junior homonym of Lapita Bickel, 2002]
  • Type species: Taophila mars Samuelson, 2010, by original designation.
• Tricholapita Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso in Gómez-Zurita, Platania & Cardoso, 2020 [new replacement name for Lapita Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014]

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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.  [as Lapita]
• 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.