Tricholapita mars

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: Tricholapita mars

Name

Tricholapita mars (Samuelson, 2010)

Holotype: BPBM 17,187. ♀. NEW CALEDONIA. Mt Koghi, 500–550 m, ii.1983, N.L.H. Krauss collector.

• Allotype: BPBM. ♂, same loc., ii.1978.
• Paratypes:
  • Paratopotypes: 500 m, 26–30.i.1963, G. Kuschel (1), C.M.Yoshimoto (2); 500 m, 15.ii.1963, Yoshimoto (1), Krauss (1); 19.ii.1963, Krauss (1); 500–750 m, 25–26.x.1967, J&M Sedlacek (2); 500–800 m, 23–27.x.1967, Sedlaceks (2); 400–600 m, ii.1980, Krauss (1); 500–550 m, xii.1983, Krauss (1).
  • Paratypes (BPBM): Thio, 11.xi.1958, C.R. Joyce (1); La Crouen, 16.iii.1961, J. Sedlacek (1); Col de Pirogue, 13.iii.1962, Krauss (1); same loc. 14.ii.1963, Krauss (2); S of Koh, 300 m, 31.i.1963, Yoshimoto (1); Ponerihouen, 30.vii.1971, J.L. Gressitt (1); Foret di Thi, 100–300 m, 29.x–1.xi.1967, Sedlaceks (12); La Foa-Canala, Saddle Road, 300–450 m, 30.i.1963, Krauss (1); heights between Thio-Nakety, 12.xi.1958, Joyce (1); Plateau de Dogny, 700 m, 1.ii.1963, Kuschel (1); Yiambi, NE, 1–50 m, 15.x.1967, Sedlaceks (1); 6 km N of Paita, 25.i.1963, Yoshimoto (1), Kuschel (1), Krauss (1). Paratypes (IAC): Sarramea/Reserve du Col d’Amieu, 23/11/07, beating various trees, S. Cazeres (2); Sarramea/Col d’Amieu, S21°34.694’ E165°46.278’, 489 m, 08/02/06, Malaise trap, Cazeres (1); same loc., S21°34.914’ E165°46.376’, 609 m, 04/10/06, beating, J.P. Kataoui (1); same loc., 2–25/11/05, beating, Cazeres, C. Mille & Kataoui (4); same loc. S21°34.903’ E165°46.376’, 611 m, 08/02/06–03/03/06, Malaise trap, ICA personnel (2); Ponerihouen/Aoupinie, S21 °08.946’ E165°19.407’, 389 m, 25–26/04/06, beating various trees, Mille & J.Brinon (1); same loc., S21.1038 E165.1707, 945 m, 11/10/06, Cazeres (1). Part of BPBM Foret di Thi series for deposit in IAC, ISNB, JOLIVET, MNHN, NMNH, ONNC, and SMTD.

Type locality: NEW CALEDONIA. Mt Koghi, 500–550 m.

Synonymy

• Taophila mars Samuelson, 2010: 57 (original combination)
• Tricholapita mars (Samuelson, 2010): Gómez-Zurita, Platania & Cardoso, 2020

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• 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.