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Tricholapita
''Tricholapita'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. Taxonomy The genus was first proposed by the entomologists Jésus Gómez-Zurita and Anabela Cardoso as a subgenus of ''Taophila'', after a morphological and molecular study of the latter in 2014. The subgenus was given the name ''Lapita'', and included three species. A 2019 phylogenetic study of the subgenus added a further eight species to it. The subgenus ''Lapita'' was discovered to be a junior homonym of the fly genus ''Lapita (fly), Lapita'' Bickel, 2002, so it was renamed to ''Tricholapita'' in 2020. Given the many morphological differences to ''Taophila'' s. str., the group was also elevated in rank to genus. Additionally, phylogenetic evidence suggested another species, which was proposed in the same work. Species There are 12 species currently included in the genus: * ''Tricholapita aphrodita'' (Gómez-Zurita, 2014) * ''Tricholapita atlantis'' (Platania & Gómez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricholapita Kronos
''Tricholapita'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. Taxonomy The genus was first proposed by the entomologists Jésus Gómez-Zurita and Anabela Cardoso as a subgenus of ''Taophila'', after a morphological and molecular study of the latter in 2014. The subgenus was given the name ''Lapita'', and included three species. A 2019 phylogenetic study of the subgenus added a further eight species to it. The subgenus ''Lapita'' was discovered to be a junior homonym of the fly genus ''Lapita'' Bickel, 2002, so it was renamed to ''Tricholapita'' in 2020. Given the many morphological differences to ''Taophila'' s. str., the group was also elevated in rank to genus. Additionally, phylogenetic evidence suggested another species, which was proposed in the same work. Species There are 12 species currently included in the genus: * '' Tricholapita aphrodita'' (Gómez-Zurita, 2014) * ''Tricholapita atlantis'' (Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |