A new species of the genus Tricholapita nom. nov. and stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia

JesÚs GÓmez-Zurita; Leonardo Platania; Anabela Cardoso

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5

A new species of the genus Tricholapita nom. nov. and stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia

Zootaxa. 2020 Sep 29;4858(1):zootaxa.4858.1.5. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5.

Authors

JesÚs GÓmez-Zurita¹, Leonardo Platania, Anabela Cardoso

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-University Pompeu Fabra), 08003 Barcelona, Spain.. j.gomez-zurita@csic.es.

PMID: 33056243
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5

Abstract

Tricholapita Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso nom. nov. is proposed as the replacement name for the leaf beetle taxon Lapita Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso, 2014, nec Bickel, 2002. Moreover, the rank of Tricholapita stat. nov. is elevated from subgenus of Taophila Heller, 1916 to generic status. Phylogenetic evidence based on mtDNA rrnS sequences and diagnostic morphological characters reveals a new species from the south of Grande Terre in New Caledonia, which is described: Tricholapita reidi sp. nov.

Keywords: ultramafic soils.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*
Mitochondria
New Caledonia
Phylogeny