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Taophila
''Taophila'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. Taxonomy ''Taophila'' was first established in 1916 by the Austrian entomologist Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller for a single described species, ''Taophila subsericea''. The genus remained monotypic for nearly a century, until two further species were described in 2007. In 2010, the genus was revised by G. Allan Samuelson, who added another nine species. In 2014, entomologists Jésus Gómez-Zurita and Anabela Cardoso made a morphological and molecular phylogenetic study of the genus, using the results to propose two new subgenera: ''Jolivetiana'' and ''Lapita''. The subgenus ''Lapita'' was later found to be a junior homonym of the fly genus ''Lapita (fly), Lapita'' Bickel, 2002, and moreover the group has many morphological differences to ''Taophila'' s. str., so it was renamed to ''Tricholapita'' and elevated in rank to genus in 2020. Species ''Taophila'' contains 21 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taophila Mantillerii
''Taophila'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. Taxonomy ''Taophila'' was first established in 1916 by the Austrian entomologist Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller for a single described species, ''Taophila subsericea''. The genus remained monotypic for nearly a century, until two further species were described in 2007. In 2010, the genus was revised by G. Allan Samuelson, who added another nine species. In 2014, entomologists Jésus Gómez-Zurita and Anabela Cardoso made a morphological and molecular phylogenetic study of the genus, using the results to propose two new subgenera: ''Jolivetiana'' and ''Lapita''. The subgenus ''Lapita'' was later found to be a junior homonym of the fly genus ''Lapita (fly), Lapita'' Bickel, 2002, and moreover the group has many morphological differences to ''Taophila'' s. str., so it was renamed to ''Tricholapita'' and elevated in rank to genus in 2020. Species ''Taophila'' contains 21 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |