''Callistola'' is a genus of

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s in the tribe Cryptonychini. Species in this genus are found in the

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, with a large number of species known from

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Species

This genus includes the following species:

Subgenus ''Callistola'' Guérin-Méneville, 1840

*'' Callistola angusta'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola bella'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola bruijnii'' (Gestro, 1885) *'' Callistola dilutipes'' (Weise, 1905) *'' Callistola esakii'' (Chûjô, 1943) *'' Callistola fordi'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola grossa'' (Maulik, 1936) *'' Callistola maai'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola major'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola misolensis'' (Spaeth, 1936) *'' Callistola montana'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola omalleyi'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola pandani'' (Gressitt, 1955) *'' Callistola pandenella'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola papuensis'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola pulchra'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola puncticollis'' (Spaeth, 1936) *'' Callistola spaethi'' (Chûjô, 1943) *'' Callistola speciosa'' (Boisduval, 1835) *'' Callistola swartensis'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola szentwanyi'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola tripartita'' (Fairmaire, 1883) *'' Callistola uhmanni'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola zonalis'' Gressitt, 1960

Subgenus ''Freycinetivora'' Gressitt, 1957

*'' Callistola dimidiata'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola freycinetiae'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola masoni'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola varicolor'' Gressitt, 1957 *'' Callistola wrighti'' Gressitt, 1960

Unplaced species

*'' Callistola attenutata'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola boisduvali'' (Weise, 1908) *'' Callistola bomberiana'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola corporaali'' (Uhmann, 1932) *'' Callistola cyclops'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola devastator'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola elegans'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola freycinetella'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola margaretae'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola melselaari'' Gressitt, 1960 *'' Callistola ruficollis'' (Spaeth, 1936) *'' Callistola sedlacekana'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola subvirida'' Gressitt, 1963 *'' Callistola tricolor'' Gressitt, 1963

References

Cassidinae Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean Taxa described in 1836 {{Cassidinae-stub