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Issue: Vol. 2621 No. 1: 22 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.3
Page range: 45–62
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 21

Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae)

J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96718, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae Taophila review of species New Caledonia

Abstract

The monotypic genus Taophila Heller is further characterized, with a redescription and lectotype designation of its type species, T. subsericea Heller. This review includes two recently described species (T. mantillerii Jolivet et al. and T. nigrans Jolivet et al.), along with nine additional species proposed as new (T. cancellata, n. sp., T. corvi, n. sp., T. deimos, n. sp., T. hydrae, n. sp., T. joliveti, n. sp., T. mars, n. sp., T. millei, n. sp., T. sagittarii, n. sp., and T. scorpii, n. sp.). All species are keyed; many are illustrated.

References

  1. Heller, K.M. (1916) Die Käfer von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. In: F. Sarasin & J. Roux, Nova Caledonia A. Zoologie, 2(3), 229–364, pls.10–11.

    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, 26 figs.